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Church loses battle in Christian Science trust case in N.H.

by Associated Press June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

The state’s highest court rules that a Christian Science church in Australia cannot sue trusts created following the 1910 death of Christian Science movement founder Mary Baker Eddy.

Vatican investigator of child sex abuse meets Polish bishops

by MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

Archbishop Charles Scicluna shares his experience in tracking crimes after the Polish church admitted knowing about hundreds of cases inn which priests abused minors.

Nation & World, Religion and Values

At Vatican climate summit, major oil companies commit to carbon pricing

by NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

They say they’ll support ‘economically meaningful’ carbon pricing regimes after a personal appeal from Pope Francis.

Animals, Maine, News, Sports

A moose walks into a pizza place … and even in Dover-Foxcroft that’s a surprise

by Deirdre Fleming June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

The moose, which had been seen around town in the previous few days, broke through the window of the abandoned restaurant early Friday.

Animals, Nation & World, News

Thai vets nurture lost baby dugong with milk and sea grass

by JERRY HARMER and PITCHA DANGPRASITH Associated Press June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

The dugong has developed an attachment to humans and it will be at least a year before she can be weaned off bottled milk and perhaps fend for herself.

Lifestyle

Theater at Monmouth opens June 22

June 14, 2019June 6, 2019

The Theater at Monmouth will celebrate 50 years of producing classic theatre in Maine. Performances take place in Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. in Monmouth, a 250-seat Victorian opera house. The 2019 Summer Repertory includes: “Murder for Two,” book and music by Joe Kinosian and book and lyrics by Kellen Blair, directed by Adam P. […]

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News

Children’s museum’s new director touts motherhood as her greatest qualification

by Bob Keyes June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

Julie Butcher Pezzino will lead the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine through a fundraising campaign and its relocation to Thompson’s Point.

Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘All is True’

June 13, 2019June 27, 2019

This lovely film begins slowly and then moves along in gorgeous light and design to its sunset, where Shakespeare died on a cloudy April morning, his birthday, J.P. Devine writes.