WISCASSET — The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations and the James Weldon Johnson Day Task Force plan to celebrate James Weldon Johnson Day over a three-day period from Friday through Sunday, June 17-19. The commemoration will start June 17 in Wiscasset, where James Weldon Johnson died in 1938. On […]
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Maine Bicycle coalition to hold Women’s Ride June 4
The Women’s Ride is scheduled for Saturday, June 4, in at least 16 different communities across Maine, according to a news release from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. “After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback last year, we’re excited to bring back this statewide Women’s Ride format in 2022,” said Bicycle Coalition of Maine Event Director Colleen […]
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Kari Morissette, director of Church of Safe Injection, dead at 33
In announcing Morissette’s passing, peers described her as “a fierce advocate and friend to people who use drugs, fighting for their health, rights and dignity.”
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Westbrook’s famed ice disk is taking shape again in the Presumpscot River
Round and round it goes, a replay of 2019, when disk-peepers were a boon for Westbrook businesses during the slow winter season.
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COVID-19 home test maker with site in Westbrook plans to boost production
Abbott Laboratories, which makes the BinaxNOW rapid test, says it now produces more than 50 million tests per month and plans to raise that number to 70 million in January.
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Roadrunner that hitchhiked cross country to Maine is back in Nevada
The stowaway bird was flown back to Las Vegas thanks to efforts by Avian Haven and Nevada wildlife officials.
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Beep beep! This roadrunner hitched a ride from Las Vegas to Maine
Avian Haven in Freedom is working with wildlife officials to get the bird native to the Southwest back to Nevada.
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Gravestone dated 1840 found in middle of Westbrook street
Police suspect the marker may have been removed from a cemetery in Yarmouth.
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No more concerts, but Rock Row developers to open large outdoor art exhibition
The display, opening this weekend, features grand-scale sculptures and murals on shipping containers by leading Maine artists.
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Popular Rock Row concert venue in Westbrook done for 2021 season, at least
Developers of the Rock Row development notified residents this week that there will be no more shows this year at the Maine Savings Pavilion, and possibly beyond.