Valerie Harper, a four-time Emmy winner for playing TV’s sassy, lovable Rhoda, dies at 80
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Horse in York County euthanized after contracting rare mosquito-borne disease
State officials again urge Mainers to take precautions against mosquito bites, after the horse tests positive for Eastern equine encephalitis.
Loose bull attacks two men in Madison
Robert McEwen and Robert Neal tried to apprehend the bull before it attacked them, leaving the men with severe injuries.
Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck entertain at Waterville Opera House
According to the Waterville Opera House website, the rules that Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn record by are strict. That is, if taking the sound of a banjo to where, as Fleck said, “We’re expressing different emotions through past techniques and going to deeper places” can qualify as strict. The duo performed Thursday. One member […]
Reporters at Venice Film Festival focus on Roman Polanski’s film, not his crime
The director, whose movie ‘An Officer and a Spy’ is among those in competition, fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.
South Portland park tests positive for algae that can harm dogs
The parks and recreation department is warning people to keep their dogs away from a blue-green algae bloom in the water.
Alex Trebek, saying he’s ‘on the mend,’ back at ‘Jeopardy!’
The game show posts a video on Twitter showing the 79-year-old host back on set and promising “a good year” ahead.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Honeyland’
“Honeyland” gradually ceases to be just a sweet documentary about survival and a strong independent woman and her romance with bees and history, and becomes a stark, grim prophecy, Devine writes.
Lucky Clark On Music: Abbie Gardner
Singer-songwriter, dobro player to perform Sept. 5 in Portland.
Maren Morris leads CMA nominations with 8
The biggest song of 2019, ‘Old Town Road’ by rapper Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, will compete for musical event of the year.