The weekend of May 10 and 11 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center offers “an exhilarating musical escapade” on Friday and a Beatles tribute show on Saturday. There are no shows the weekend of May 3 and 4. On May 10, OneBeat, a fellowship of 19 musicians from around the world, takes the stage for […]
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Your Land: Pinnacle moments — good feeling local
It’s the day before Earth Day 2024. From a late-morning meet-up at Brunswick Town Hall, five of us drive 15 minutes to the parking area beneath the high point in town. Cox Pinnacle hovers? looms? naps? above the dirt lot with its signage and a narrowing that leads to a 200-foot wooden bridge that begins the […]
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra caps 34th season with range of emotions
The May concerts at the Franco Center in Lewiston and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham consist of pieces by Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, and a symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Bath storm recovery panel, delayed by nor’easter, finally meets
The panel, which was delayed by severe weather in early April, finally met in Bath to discuss how waterfront communities are recovering after the January storms — and others that followed.
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Pine Tree Men’s Baseball League kicks off season with new president
The Maine Pine Tree Men’s Baseball League is starting its 2024 season this weekend under a new president. Manager of Bath team the Kennebec Sturgeons for four years, Tyler Rose is now also the league president as the organization enters its 99th year. The previous president, Kris Targett of Vassalboro, had served as the PTL […]
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Peter Roff: It’s time to defuse the public pension time bomb
Across the states, America’s public employee pension plans are a ticking, insolvent time bomb. “For most states,” the Pew State Fiscal Health Project said in July 2022, “unfunded pension liabilities are the largest of three major long-term obligations weighing on their future finances.” Things have likely improved since the end of the lockdowns, but in […]
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Dick Polman: Despite what Trump’s lawyer says, this is not normal journalism
Todd Blanche, who’s stuck with the hapless task of defending Donald Trump in criminal court, mouthed something in his opening statement that really pissed me off. At first I wasn’t sure I’d heard him correctly, so I checked the trial transcript and lo and behold there it was, on page 90. Blanche tried to tell […]
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From the Chamber: May Day! Three May events not to miss
Well, well, well — look what has snuck up on us. Warmer weather, no more snow, windy days and showers bringing flowers; could it be that spring has actually sprung? What’s more, summer seems to be galloping towards us at a break-neck speed. That means there’s no better time to start talking about the May […]
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The Conversation: Trump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers — while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
THE CONVERSATION — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 25 in a case that will change the course of American history. That case is Trump v. United States, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether and to what extent former President Donald Trump — or any president — can […]
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Business briefs: Boots and Brews 5K, Director of the Year Award
Boots and Brews 5K benefits Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce Boots and Brews 5K is back for a third year to benefit the Great Freeport Chamber of Commerce. Run (or walk) around the Freeport route and then stick around to sample beers. The chamber is seeking items to include in the Boots and Brews “Swag […]
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