Retired Air Force Maj. David Grusch testified Wednesday that the U.S. has concealed what he called a ‘multi-decade’ program to collect and reverse-engineer unidentified aerial phenomena.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Water’s refreshing in heat, right? In parts of Florida this week, not so much
Triple-digit ocean temperatures are stunning even in Florida, where residents are used to the heat.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
With Skowhegan bicentennial to celebrate, River Fest returns ‘bigger and better than ever’
Familiar favorites like Moonlight Madness and the town’s fireworks display are set to return, but organizers also are adding new events to celebrate both the bicentennial and the Kennebec River.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Triston Casas homers, hits RBI double to lead Red Sox past Giants 3-2 for fifth straight win
Moved up in the batting order, Triston Casas homered and hit an RBI double to back Kutter Crawford.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Legacy admissions at colleges are more complicated than they appear. They won’t fully disappear
After the U.S. Supreme Court found (to no one’s surprise) that colleges and universities could not use a race-based approach in their admissions process, the long-standing attack on legacy admissions at highly selective institutions of higher education ramped up. Legacy admissions are what happens when a prospective student’s forebears such as parents or grandparents went […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: The farm bill is about more than farmers
Each time Congress debates its priorities for the farm bill every five years, as it is doing this year, it faces legislation that profoundly affects the economic well-being of Americans nationwide. From managing natural resources to rural development to funding labs and researchers at institutions across America, the farm bill is the most important tool […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Medical debt is making Americans angry. Doctors and hospitals ignore this at their peril.
For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab that arrived more than 2½ years later, just as her husband lost his job and the family was fighting to […]
Posted inOn this date
July 29, 1994: Popular labrador retriever who died recently after serving as friend and assistant to many gets fund named after him in Skowhegan, Waterville arts festival to include book debut from author, and woman from Chesterville gets a new home thanks to ‘help of many’
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: John B. “Jack” Cahill
MERCER – We are sad to announce the passing of John B. Cahill, “Jack” of Mercer, Maine. He died at age …