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WALDOBORO — The first of three Waldoboro Community Yard Sale weekends is coming up on Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26, with standard hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. This community-wide event is free for residents and businesses who wish to sign up...

Richard “Dick” W. Conway ’54, Ph.D. ’58, a trailblazing professor who was instrumental in launching Cornell’s Department of Computer Science in 1965 – one of the first of its kind – died March 19. He was 92. 

Waldoboro news with Rebecca Waddell

Here’s what readers are saying in Sunday’s letters to the editor.

Dolly Parton, Jose Andres, Bill Watterson and more have new books. And Michelle Obama reads the audiobook “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Former St. Petersburg Times columnist and editorial writer Bill Maxwell appeared on WMNF WaveMakers  with Janet & Tom on Tuesday (Nov. 14) to discuss a lifetime of speaking truth to power.Maxwell, who retired from the Times in 2019 after 25 years, published a collection of his columns last year that recently won a Silver medal in the Florida book awards. He continues to write for Forum, the magazine of the Florida Humanities. One article this summer recounted his experiences participating i...

If you’re following this weekly article closely, you’ll know that we just covered 1963 in August of this year — but if you know much about American history, you might

Anniston High School students on Aug. 19 had their first eye-to-eye meeting with their new principal, Sidney Brown.

(1) NEW SFF NOVELLA CONTEST COMING IN SEPTEMBER. The Fantasy Review will take entries in the inaugural Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS) beginning September 2. The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. We are

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro will be hosting a second Community Yard Sale event on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is free for residents, businesses, and community groups to register to be part of this town-wide event. Registration for the...