Maine composer Daniel Sonnenberg’s new full-length opera, “The Summer King,” will be presented May 8 under the auspices of Portland Ovations, but it is already attracting national attention. Sonnenberg recently received a grant of $15,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for part of the estimated $50,000 of production costs, and auditions began last […]

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman held tryouts Friday for a North Korean team to face a dozen NBA veterans in an exhibition game on leader Kim Jong Un’s birthday next month – though he hasn’t persuaded all the players on the American team that it’s safe to come to Pyongyang. The […]

The arresting officer even helps him get the ring out of his pocket.

He anonymously hands out $100 bills for a fifth year.

Seven of the suspects are from Pennsylvania and some have ties to a violent street gang, officials say.

WESTBROOK – Santa Claus showed up in person Monday at My Place Teen Center’s holiday party to deliver this 2005 Chevrolet passenger van as a gift from Idexx Laboratories. The gift qualified for a $20,000 matching grant from the Cornelia Warren Foundation. Idexx also is providing a maintenance package through Quirk Chevrolet. “It’s a wonderful […]

WESTBROOK – Cindy Button, the Westbrook School Department transportation coordinator hired in June, resigned from her position last week, but details behind the circumstances of the resignation remain unclear. Superintendent of Schools Marc Gousse confirmed Monday that Button had turned in a letter of resignation last week, effective Dec. 31. However, Button is spending her […]

‘47 Ronin,’ ‘American Hustle,’ ‘Grudge Match,’ ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ and the ‘Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ open this week.

The four-day air attack on opposition-held areas of Aleppo comes five weeks before a peace conference.

The case shows how easily contractors can profit from military work.