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Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Local & State
Windsor to celebrate bicentennial Saturday with old-time games, demonstrations
Daylong variety of events at Windsor Fairgrounds to begin with a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and conclude with a baked bean supper, movie, street dance with a disc jockey and, at about 9:30 p.m., fireworks.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Former Levine’s store, family to be commemorated in Waterville
At a celebration in July, the triangular strip of land to the south of the Lockwood Hotel in downtown Waterville will be named Levine’s Park and a plaque will be erected honoring store owners Ludy and Pacy Levine and their nephew, Howard Miller, who managed the store.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’ve had an illegal abortion and a legal one. The experiences couldn’t have differed more.
I am a grandmother now, and I know the disastrous consequences for younger women if we outlaw the procedure again.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions
The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Understanding history of Ukraine
The country that’s the center of the world’s attention right now has been at the center of world events for a long time.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Putin invokes demons to justify war against Ukraine
His rhetoric and its historical ties to mass violence stir grave concerns about what the future holds for the Ukrainian people.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Of George Washington pie, party tricks and bread pudding
And a warming recipe for Maple-Walnut Bread Pudding. Nothing wrong with that.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Black History Month: Remembering Dr. King, his circle and the challenges of 1968
A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Black history essential to the American story
States that want to erase the shameful parts of our history will also erase some of our greatest achievements as a nation.