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'Good Morning Sunshine,' which premieres Friday in Sanford, is about a girl who is abused by a teacher and based on the real-life experience of director Mariah Larocque.

In the Pines, based on the 1898 insurrection that toppled Wilmington’s elected local government, won Best Film at the Golden Hour Film Festival in Morgantown.

Despite a global pandemic the last two years, East Providence Fire Department Capt. John Potvin and Coventry’s Hopkins Hill Fire Department would always find a way to take part in

The John Locke Foundation, a free market think tank in Raleigh, has recently wrapped production of its first film: a short titled 'In the Pines.' We sat down with Locke's creative director, Greg de Deugd, who also produced the film. CJ: You are the producer of “In the Pines.” What does the producer do? GD:

Thomas Point Lighthouse was built in 1875, a mile and a half off of the tip of Thomas Point proper, at the end of the shoal that had been snagging the keels of too many ships since they started coming over from England in the early 1600s. There had been two prior lighthouses on shore, but they were too remote to be effective and prone to erosion.

COVENTRY — At the Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead this past weekend, dozens of local scouts gathered for two days of fun activities, service work and enjoying the great outdoors.

The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse has helped sailors navigate murky weather near Annapolis since 1875, the only such structure on its original screw-pile foundation in the Chesapeake Bay.

It’s one of the most recognizable landmarks on the Chesapeake Bay, standing sentinel in the waters near Annapolis.And in August the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse will be featured as a U.S. Postal Service stamp, part of the longrunning American lighthouse series.

Jan 27, 2021 DETROIT/ GLADSTONE — Robert Leo Burton, age 85, of the Detroit area and Gladstone, passed away on January 25, 2021. Robert was born on October 31, 1935 to Charles H. and Bernice (Columb) Burton in Lansing, Michigan. He graduated from Gladstone High School in 1954. He was very proud to have been on the Braves football team and scored three touchdowns against Escanaba on their field for the win (35 to 7) in 1953 as right halfback. Robert had a draft deferment to attend Michigan Sta...

STAMFORD, Vt. — The Select Board on Tuesday doubled down on its recent defiance of Gov. Phil Scott’s health emergency orders, voting to “terminate” the governor’s restrictions relating to COVID-19 and impose local regulations. Three of the five board members supported the motion, saying they would likely follow most of Scott’s emergency orders but not any they believe trample on rights guaranteed in the U.S. and Vermont constitutions. Daniel Potvin and Michael Dena...