BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s Explore the Estuary Trail Challenge is scheduled to run from Monday, Aug. 12, to Saturday, Oct. 26. For each mile participants log during that time, KELT’s sponsors will match with $1 as a donation to the trust. Participants can sign up as an individual or as a team, […]
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Rangeley arts group to hold plein air oil painting workshop
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is sponsoring a plein air oil painting workshop led by artist Michael Vermette. The workshop, set to run from Monday to Friday, Aug. 12-16, is open to adult artists of all ability levels. There is a free introductory class on the approaches and materials used in plein air painting offered […]
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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
‘El Mayo’ Zambada is charged in a number of U.S. cases, including in New York and California.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Things to know about the largest U.S.-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
Though Thursday’s deal involves the most well-known of the Americans held in Russia, there are still several others who remain detained including Travis Leake, Gordon Black, Marc Fogel and Ksenia Khavana.
Posted inMaine, News
New Sharon Water District granted 64% rate hike
The one-year increase is to help the district become solvent.
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Texas youth lockups are beset by abuse and mistreatment of children, report says
The Justice Department’s findings come three years after the department launched a federal investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices.
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Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday to be celebrated with musical gala at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre
He was last seen publicly at funeral services for his wife, the former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in November.
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Appeals court upholds Trump’s gag order as he presses judge to exit hush money case
In its gag order ruling Thursday, a 5-judge panel found that the judge in the hush money case was correct in keeping some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced because the case is still pending.
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Police chief says Mechanic Falls sisters were victims of homicide
The death of the girls’ mother, Jennifer Barney, 37, has been ruled a suicide.
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ACLU sues Washington state city over its anti-homeless laws after landmark Supreme Court ruling
The complaint filed in Spokane County Superior Court challenges city ordinances that make camping, sitting, or lying on public property misdemeanor crimes in certain circumstances.