Award-winning newspaper reporter Amy Calder will give a discussion and read from her new book, “Comfort is an Old Barn: Stories from the Heart of Maine,” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Calder covers city government, and reports on everything from murders and car crashes to fires […]
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Poetry reading with Dr. Judy Rowe Michaels planned at Lovell library
A poetry reading with Dr. Judy Rowe Michaels will be presented at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. Michaels, a Geraldine R. Dodge poet in the schools and for many years poet in residence, English teacher, and coordinator of aesthetic education at Princeton Day School, has published […]
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Standup comedy on tap at Rusty Bus Brewing
Comedians Johnny Ater, Mike Gray, Mike Levinsky, Brett Groh and host Ann-Marie Keene will deliver another First Friday standup comedy show presented by Cat’s Meow Comedy starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, at Rusty Bus Brewing in Lewiston. Ater is the winner of the 2022 Maine’s Wicked Funny Laugh-Off competition. He’s appeared on […]
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Oasis of Music season set to begin
The Oasis of Music is gearing up for its 2023-24 season beginning Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. September performances include Irish music performed on uilleann pipes and fiddle by the father-daughter team of Anthony and Una Shostak on Sept. 6; covers of pop tunes sung by Amy Stacey Curtis who accompanies herself […]
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French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral dies at 74
Before being pulled from retirement to oversee the cathedral reconstruction, Jean-Louis Georgelin previously served as chief of France’s military general staff.
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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole
The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.
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Spain wins its first Women’s World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final
Spain’s first major international trophy made it the first European team to win the Women’s World Cup since Germany in 2007.
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A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger’s deepening crisis
A delegation from regional nations has arrived in Niger in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country’s president last month
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Large wildfire ravages forest in northern Greece as 8 villages are evacuated
There were no immediate reports of injuries to firefighters or residents, but authorities said some houses suffered damages in two of the evacuated villages.
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Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones
Officials acknowledge they don’t have a firm number on the missing. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.