LEWISTON — October is Domestic Violence Action Month, and Safe Voices plans to be holding a candlelight vigil Monday, Oct. 2. The vigil is held annually to honor those who have lost their lives to domestic abuse and violence, offer hope to those still facing abuse, and support those who have survived. The 6 p.m. […]
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President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup
France has maintained some 1,500 troops in Niger since the July coup and refused a request by the new junta for its ambassador to leave.
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NASA’s first asteroid samples land in Utah after release from spacecraft
Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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Coal mine fire in southern China’s Guizhou province kills 16 people
An initial investigation suggested the people who died were trapped after a conveyor belt caught fire, the Panzhou city government said.
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Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4
Police managed to push back the attack and take two injured police officers to the hospital in southern Mitrovica.
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SNAPSHOT: Gray New Gloucester club gives pocket Constitutions to school
The Gray New Gloucester Optimist Club presents pocket Constitutions to the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School in Gray to be used for classroom instruction. In attendance were students Kai Sui, Alex Hamilton, Principal Richard Riley-Benoit, student Cooper Bucci, and Optimist Club members George Mathews, Virginia Bennett and Teacher Annie Cook. The club joined other Optimist Clubs […]
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Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation’s most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War II.
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French activists protest racism and police brutality while officers are on guard for key events
The protesters’ demands include tougher rules limiting the use of firearms by police; an independent body to replace the internal agency tasked with investigating police abuses; and massive state investment in low-income neighborhoods.
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Norway center to host Solar & EV Expo in South Paris Sept. 30
The ninth annual Solar & EV Expo is set for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 in the parking lot of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main St. in South Paris. Western Maine has seen burgeoning electric vehicle adoption over the last nine years, with hundreds on the road and a growing […]
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Dixfield’s Ludden Memorial Library shares fall activities
DIXFIELD — Ludden Memorial Library at 42 Main St. has announced several activities for this fall. Preschool story-time, which resumed Sept. 11, is set for 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Monday, with the exception of holidays and school vacations. Children are read stories, and then experience a craft based on the day’s theme, followed by a healthy […]