Facebook posts call out the town manager after signs were posted saying the town would observe Columbus Day and an ill-timed joke about working on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Bingham aquaculture facility kept fish in cruel, unsanitary conditions, group says
The nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Compassion Over Killing released its findings Monday of an undercover investigation of salmon hatchery Cooke Aquaculture.
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Amy Calder: More odd road names
Amy Calder shares emails she received from readers about last week’s column on quirky street names, offering more odd ones.
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Canaan celebrates Maine Craft Weekend with one-of-a-kind artist
The celebration continued at Farmers Hall, where Hugh Verrier and other artists gave demonstrations and sold their work.
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Pittsfield Community Theatre hosting live entertainment
The theater is looking to become sustainable by offering live events to engage the community and taking steps to become a nonprofit venture that offers Pittsfield and its environs an “enrichment center.”
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J.P. Devine: Darkness at noon, October on the move
The end of summer is usually brutal, but the change leaves us with the sweetest month of autumn, J.P. Devine writes.
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Maine Craft Weekend kicks off with Native American exhibit at Colby College
The exhibit includes artwork from 38 artists expressed through paintings, jewelry, baskets and other creative medium.
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State halts use of road sealant after crashes on Route 225 in Rome
The Maine Department of Transportation could skirt liability for creating potentially hazardous or fatal conditions after contractor SHOem Roadway Services LLC incorrectly laid fog seal on the road in June.
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Colby College honors courageous acts of reporters and photojournalists
The college on Friday honored 66 journalists who died in 2018 with the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award named for the Albion native who was killed while defending his newspaper in Illinois from an pro-slavery mob.
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Kennebec Valley Community Action Program offices in Waterville evacuated due to gas odor report
Waterville Fire Department checked four KVCAP buildings and homes in the area on Water Street in the city’s South End but found no problems related to natural gas or propane.