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Amy Grant has open heart surgery to fix longtime condition

by KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press June 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Doctors discovered that the contemporary Christian singer had a heart condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.

Arts & Entertainment, Business

Movie chain AMC warns it may not survive the pandemic

by TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

The company said that even when local governments allow theaters to reopen, AMC may still have problems if entertainment companies delay releasing new films.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Cartoonists to thank frontline workers playfully this Sunday

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

More than 70 comic strips will have six symbols hidden in each strip.

Arts & Entertainment

Judge gives control of ‘Tiger King’ properties to rival

by Associated Press June 2, 2020June 3, 2020

Carole Baskin, owner of Big Cat Rescue Corp, now has full ownership of the zoo formerly run by Joe Exotic.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Music industry calls for Black Out Tuesday amid unrest

by MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press June 1, 2020June 2, 2020

It will hold a day to reflect and implement change in response to the death of George Floyd and other blacks.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

These are winners of this year’s Maine Literary Awards

by Bob Keyes June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

Distinguished Achievement Award winner poet Betsy Sholl says celebrating poetry and literature is important because they help create empathy, something that today’s world could use.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

After half a century, Portland String Quartet violist quietly takes her bow

by Bob Keyes June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

The pandemic means the revered musician will not get the public sendoff her ensemble mates had planned.

Arts & Entertainment

How this chain saw sculptor came to make a carving fit for the Kings

by Ray Routhier May 31, 2020May 31, 2020

Josh Landry of North Anson has been carving with a chain saw for years, but he’s never created anything quite like the 15-foot bookshelf animal sanctuary in the Bangor yard of Tabitha and Stephen King.