Good Sunday morning. As we eat breakfast, the advance party of the Taliban have entered Kabul, and is installing Keurig hookahs and prayer rugs. It’s over. Inside our command building, the intelligence boys and girls are burning all paper goods, including Kleenex, paper towels, lottery tickets and toilet paper, sending smoke from the embassy’s chimneys. […]
Scott Monroe
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Tell us: Do you agree with your school district’s reopening plan?
School board across central Maine have been deciding in recent weeks whether to require students and staff to masks, among other pandemic protocols.
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Photos: Demolition derby, harness racing at the Skowhegan State Fair
The state fair, which concluded on Saturday, featured a demolition derby and horse harness racing in its final days.
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J.P. Devine: Sayonara Tokyo
With the Tokyo Olympics over, J.P. Devine ponders our fascination with the spectacle of the games and memories from his glory days.
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Oakland-based RSU 18 adopts mask requirements in schools after some parents shout concerns
School district adopts policy Wednesday night as superintendent says practices could be reevaluated at every board meeting, as COVID-19 pandemic conditions change.
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Waterville councilors mull uses of $1.6 million in relief funding, plan public hearing in September
The City Council decided Tuesday to seek public input before moving forward with deciding how to spending money that’s been made available to municipalities through the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Waterville mayor says he will continue in office despite health problems
Jay Coelho, 43, says he is feeling better and has been back home doing cardiac rehabilitation following his hospitalization last month to treat an acute heart condition.
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Waterville Opera House promotes its interim director to permanent position
Michelle Sweet had been serving as the opera house’s interim executive director since Tamsen Brooke Warner left the post about three months ago.
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Photos: Harness racing, rides, agricultural shows, tasty food and more at Skowhegan State Fair
Ten-day fair runs through this Saturday.
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J.P. Devine: It’s Cleveland and it’s raining
We’ll make it through these “Cleveland nights” with laughter and each other, J.P. Devine writes.