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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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As the 19th century drew to a close, Maine suffragists continued to push for the right of women to vote, but it wasn’t easy dealing with an intractable state Legislature full of men who were either indifferent or downright hostile to the cause. . . .
Toboggan team registration is under way for the 29th running of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships, Friday, February 8, through Sunday, February 10, at the Camden Snow Bowl. Four hundred teams of winter fanatics . . .
On Monday night, over the vocal objections of some residents, Rockland City Council passed Ordinance Amendment 48 by a vote of 3-1, with Mayor Lisa Westkaemper and Councilors Amelia Magjik and Valli Geiger voting in favor. . . .
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Following is the text of Governor Janet Mills’ first radio address, on Friday morning, January 4, which echoed her inaugural speech from January 2: On Wednesday night, standing with my grandchildren and my niece and with . . .
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On Thursday, January 24, at 2 p.m., food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins (pictured), author of “The New Mediterranean Diet,” will speak in the Community Room of the Rockland Publlic Library. Jenkins, a nationally recognized authority . . .
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Freezing rain was falling in Augusta as I grabbed my box lunch and boarded a bus, bound for three days in Central and Western Maine. I wasn’t alone: 60 or so of my fellow Maine legislators had also signed up for the January 9 to . . .
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In today’s hyperbolic world, exag- gerated rhetoric is sometimes used to portray ordinary situations in superlative terms. Adjectives like ‘greatest,’ ‘biggest’ and ‘best’ are readily applied to any host of things. This tendency is especially prevalent . . .
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Gov. Janet Mills has signed an order to release a $15 million bond to build affordable housing three years after nearly 70 percent of voters approved the measure at the ballot box. The housing bond will fund the construction of 200 new . . .
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The next Pecha- Kucha Night, an evening of visual story- telling, will take place on Friday, January 25, at the Rockport Opera House. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 (cash) at the door. . . .
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Paintings by Denise Rankin of Damaris- cotta are on view at Central Lincoln County YMCA, Main Street in Damariscotta, through the end of February.
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Points North Institute and the Camden Opera House will kick off the 2019 CIFF Selects series on Wednesday, January 23, at 7 p.m. with a screening of the Academy Award short-listed feature documentary “Minding the Gap” . . .
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The Ginger- bread Man is helping to deck the halls this year at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor in preparation for the Dough Ball on Friday, December 14, and the Great Gingerbread Spectacular on Saturday and Sunday . . .
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Teen Agricultural (Ag) Crew and staff invite the public to a presentation about the Teen Ag program on Tuesday, January 22, at 3:30 p.m.in the cafeteria at Camden Hills Regional High School, 25 Keelson Drive . . .
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The annual Robert Burns Night is set for Saturday, January 26, at United Farmers Market of Maine, 18 Spring Street in Belfast. The celebration of the 259th birthday of Scotland’s most beloved storyteller, poet and lyricist starts . . .
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Maine Lobster Festival presented a $1,000 donation to Rockland Police Officer Ken Smith and his family. The Smiths’ baby daughter is hospitalized at Boston Children's Hospital with a heart condition. Carl Anderson from the Rockland . . .
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Palermo Com- munity Library will host Eleanor Groden, professor of entomology at the University of Maine, for a discussion on the health hazards presented by, and recommended management strategies of, brown-tail moths
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Now that the weather has gotten seasonal, you may find yourself indoors more often. If you are still venturing outside for work or play, chances are your appetite has revved up, and you may be getting cravings not just for food in general . . .
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