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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has failed to adequately report and monitor incidents of potential abuse and neglect of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to a damning federal audit . . .
As you already know, a total solar eclipse is coming August 21, 2017 — but not to your neighborhood if you live in Maine, as I do. Our turn to have a backyard total eclipse happened on July 20, 1963, when the moon cast its shadow . . .
A group of University of Maine students will be at Clemson University in South Carolina on Monday, August 21, as one of 55 student teams across the U.S. taking part in “Great American Eclipse,” a NASA-sponsored project to launch . . .
The Union Fair/Maine Wild Blueberry Festival will present Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish on Sunday, August 20, and Maine’s Premier Country Show — with Chris Fyfe, Fred “Tommy” Thompson and Denny Breau opening for featured . . .
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For three days, Gov. Paul LePage was one of the only governors in the country who did not comment publicly on the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the murder of anti-racist protestor Heather Heyer . . .
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Tickets are now on sale for the first Millay Arts & Poetry Festival, to be held Thursday through Saturday, September 7, 8 and 9, in Rockland. The festival is a project of Millay House Rockland, a nonprofit literary organization . . .
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Of my favorite local birding stops, the Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston ranks near the top. Several rich and varied habitat types, including stretches of mature softwood and hardwood forest, alder shrub and sprawling grassland . . .
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Congress- woman Chellie Pingree joined more than 60 members of Congress late last week in sending a letter to Sec. of State Rex Tillerson to urge restraint and diplomacy when addressing rising tensions with North Korea. . . .
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The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor will welcome Grammy-winning Cajun band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet to its stage on Thursday, August 24; doors for seating open at 7 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30. . . .
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From August 16 to September 16, The Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm Street in Rockland, will exhibit the work of four artists: Lois Dodd of Cushing and New York City, Bayard Hollins of Islesboro and Ojai, California, Janice Kasper of Swanville, and Lise Becu of Tenants Harbor. An opening reception for the artists will take place on Wednesday, August 16, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Camden Public Library will screen “Peyton Place,” in 20th Century-Fox’s restoration version issued for the film’s 60th anniversary, on Tuesday, August 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s Picker Room, free and open to the public. . . .
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The Friends of Pemaquid Point Light- house (FPPL) have opened Pemaquid Lighthouse Tower to the public for the season, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week through October, weather permitting. . . .
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Work has begun on the Oceanside varsity softball and baseball fields, on Thomaston Street in Rockland, a project spearheaded by Oceanside Improvement Fund, a nonprofit raising money for repairs to the site so that games . . .
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The finale in Belfast’s Open Garden Days, on Friday, August 18, features a return visit to Vicky Sears’s 9 Airmail Lane property in East Belfast. Visiting hours have been extended from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the final open garden day . . .
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The Genesis Community Loan Fund, founded by faith-based organizations in Lincoln County, recently hosted a 25th Anniversary Luncheon to recognize local community members who were essential to its formation and growth. . . .
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Trail Com- mittee volunteers contri- buted many hours planning and building the pathway, which is open to the public
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How did you sleep last night? Forty-five percent of Americans reported that poor-quality sleep or insufficient sleep affected their daily activities, according to the 2014 National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health Index. As of 2006, between . . .
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