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It is the first year that the city has officially declared June as Pride Month, despite supporting celebrations supporting LGBTQ people.

Sometimes I think I learned more politically relevant lessons playing ball than anywhere else. If nothing else, sports teach realism: what you can do, what you can’t, how to deal with it. Also, what’s the score, how much time’s left, and what’s the best tactic right now? It helps to know the rules, and it’s…

ELLSWORTH — The City Council voted 6-1 to approve a proclamation recognizing the month of June as Pride Month at its May 15 meeting.

“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” –Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues. So the Bonnie and Clyde of the great Bundy ranch standoff thought they could start a national uprising by murdering two cops in a Las Vegas pizza joint. After executing Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo in the…

ELLSWORTH — City Council members are poised to vote Monday on the Ellsworth School Department budget after having their final discussion workshop with Superintendent Amy Boles on April 27.

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At the risk of taking the bait, let us consider Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s proposal for a “national divorce” separating the “red” from the “blue” states. First, has she

Like many children in a landlocked state, my sister and I wanted to go to the beach each summer. Our father, who spent long weeks during the school year traveling Arkansas and selling athletic goods to high school coaches, didnt want to drive any farther than he had to once summer arrived.