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Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state In Hidden Places, " Joseph Conforti makes a strong case for the states place in the larger literary world. By William Barry Share The distinguished Maine historian Elizabeth Ring always argued that history consists of the elements of people, place, time and spirit. It is in this fashion that Joseph A. Conforti proceeds in “Hidden Places: Maine Writers on Coastal Villages, Mill Towns, and the North Country.” Conforti i...

Updated on March 14, 2021 at 2:13 pm Courtesy of Tyler Ray Police say speed contributed to a young man’s death in a motorcycle crash Saturday in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. He, another motorcyclist and a Camaro driver “rapidly accelerated” when a traffic light turned from red to green, police said. Travis West, of Portsmouth, died after the fiery crash at about 10:15 a.m. on Jeff Todd Way, just outside Fort Belvoir. He was 20, county police said Sunday.  Download our NBC Wa...

Out voters in the west near pittsburgh. those former mill towns and then in the center part of the state around hershey. >> so you know, bob, mike barnic barnicles dear friend tim russert said in 2000, of course, that it was all about florida, florida, florida. i think its safe to say all these years later in 2020 its going to be about pennsylvania, pennsylvania, pennsylvania. it really does have the makings of the battleground, but what do trump people tell you, the campaign, what do they tell ...

Think republicans and democrats are just watching whats happening in rural wisconsin and how they also react to the impeachment inquiry. well see. >> terry madonna, from the keystone state. what do we most need to know? >> i think we need to see how impeachment plays out it looks like hes going to be impeached in the house, there will be a trial in the senate. well have to see how that affects voters. pennsylvania was won by president trump in 2016 by 0.7%. by 44,000 votes. the critical areas wi...

Very happy because it means a lot to us in the industry. and people indirectly to the industry it means a lot also. >> well, like your towns and like mill towns, one of the things about steel is its like auto working, right? they create towns around it. so -- >> exactly. >> the pizza maker, the school, the car dealer, it all exists around an industry. but youve been in it for a long time. your dad was a steel worker, too? >> oh, yeah, my dad -- he was a steel worker like i said, back in the 80s....

America has been engaged in a trade surrender for too long. our market is open to steel imports. its been battered for that reason. lot of those mill towns you saw in pennsylvania, ohio, indiana, they have great workers. they make a competitive product, but theyre facing off against governments and not the private sector. i think the presidents action would help begin the process of restoring some sanity to the global market with steel. it will be effective. its much needed by our military, by t...

Who in the democratic party are going to speak to these people and say "we harper you, the democratic party hears you and heres what we have to do for midterm elections or four years or heres how we have to work with president trump? who does that now? >> we shall see. im watching this, im proud of free speech in my country, im worried it might get out of hand. im ashamed that i and my cohorts failed these young people. but if the democratic party is not their voice and the voice of laid-off mid...

Ever deepening relationship with recreational drugs. today im staying in massachusetts, heading to the western part of the state, one of the most boueautiful areas o the country. mill towns, deeply felt, new england values. norman rock well america where something unexpected has happened. >> its a new mecca for heroin use. >>over dosed. >> dealing with crimes being committed that never happened before. >> detectives are working around the clock. >> not new york or baltimore, or l.a., or chicago,...

Language i used on that. i am the guy talking about manufacturing jobs and went to steubenville, ohio. i wasnt in boston. i wasnt in atlanta. i was in the heart of blue-collar america, talking about the jobs and the tunes for those river towns and the mill towns in america. you know, thats the message i have been out there with. i have been talking about freedom and the president with obamacare and the -- really the fact that governor romney now not only has -- and did a bad job in massachusetts...

Language i used on that. i am the guy talking about manufacturing jobs and went to steubenville, ohio. i wasnt in boston. i wasnt in atlanta. i was in the heart of blue-collar america, talking about the jobs and the tunes for those river towns and the mill towns in america. you know, thats the message i have been out there with. i have been talking about freedom and the president with obamacare and the -- really the fact that governor romney now not only has -- and did a bad job in massachusetts...