Climate change has been setting temperature records across the globe this month.
2023
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after judge raises concerns over terms of the agreement
A Trump-appointed federal judge says she is concerned about the language in a related agreement on a gun possession charge and suggests the lawyers get back together and discuss it.
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Posted inMaine
Lewiston-Auburn hit hard; more storms coming statewide Thursday
It was a stormy late afternoon and evening in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Isolated thunderstorms popped up Tuesday due to daytime heating and didn’t move for hours. Reports of nearly 5 inches of rain came in once the storm was gone around 8 p.m. Most of that fell in a very short time. Feet of rain […]
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Litchfield’s Griffin William Sherry talks about writing, playing music
Cofounder of The Ghost of Paul Revere to bring new band to Waterville on Aug. 4.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
View from Away: Hoping fossil fuel giants will see the light on climate hasn’t worked. Change only comes with mandates and force
One of the most demoralizing things about the world’s response to the climate crisis is the fossil fuel industry’s continued success in blocking the pollution-cutting actions that are in the interest of all of humanity. The solution to our predicament couldn’t be clearer: We need to stop burning fossil fuels and pumping pollution into the […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Amid deadly heat wave, some good news on the climate
There is a boom occurring in clean energy, and we are all reaping the benefits.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Let’s get the facts right in the solar debate
In the legitimate debate about how to best incentivize, value and price electricity from solar farms, I would have thought we had left the period of half-truths and completely busted myths behind. Yet, the recent op-ed piece by Gerry Chasse (“Solar program raising rates,” May 22) shows that common sense and good economic policy requires […]
Posted inOn this date
July 26, 1982: Augusta dairy farmer saves life of cow and ‘cow didn’t seem the least bit grateful’, Dresden taxpayers gather to plan town-wide meeting on controversial reevaluation, and doctor from Aroostook County charged under abuse law
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Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Mary Kay Whitmore
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – In loving memory of Mary Kay Whitmore who passed away on July 21, 2023, surrounded by her …