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2nd Clinton County case of COVID virus variant is verified - Wilmington News Journal

2nd Clinton County case of COVID virus variant is verified By Gary Huffenberger - ghuffenberger@wnewsj.com From left foreground are Clinton County Board of Health Chair Terri Thobaben and Environmental Health Director Matt Johannes. Gary Huffenberger | News Journal WILMINGTON — Local public health officials were notified this week that a second COVID-19 virus variant case in Clinton County has been verified. The Clinton County Health District medical director, Dr. Terry Holten, reported that both of the variant cases in Clinton County were the B.1.1.7 variant, which is the variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom. The virus variant from the UK, said Holten, is not more deadly, but it is more easily spread.

Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state

Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state In 'Hidden Places, " Joseph Conforti makes a strong case for the state's 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 is deeply versed in regional history and literature — it is hard to think of a more qualified individual to take on this task.

Bedside table: A bedroom threesome that's totally kosher for a family newspaper

Bedside table: A bedroom threesome that’s totally kosher for a family newspaper Share “During the pandemic, I have been reading many of the books which were in my ‘books to read’ stack, beside my bed. Slowly but surely, I am whittling it down! “Today I am midway through ‘The Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri (who also wrote ‘Interpreter of Maladies’) and hate to put it down. I’m not sure if it’s the author’s distinctive writing or the compelling story about a first-generation American whose parents emigrated from India and who struggles with the differences between his American-ness, his parent’s Indian-ness, and the tensions their traditions and his attraction to the American life-style imbues in him. Can’t wait to read what’s coming in the second half!

Bar Guide: Pair your next book with a Maine author-inspired cocktail

Jessica J. Hoagland, 81, of Middlebury

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Portland Stage awarded $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Read Article Portland Stage has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights. Portland Stage’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from Portland Stage,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Portland Stage is among the arts organizations across the country that have demonstrated creativity, excellence, and resilience during this very challenging year.” Portland Stage Executive and Artistic Director Anita Stewart stated, “We are thrilled to receive support from the NEA for this year’s Clauder Competition, which will in turn support our region’s playwrights. We received and evaluated 120 submissions for this competition cycle, and each play was read by two different readers and received personalized feedback. We will be announcing the competition winner later this month, and we look forward to mounting a fully staged production of the winning play in our 2021-22 season. This support from the NEA comes at a time of great uncertainty, and we are very grateful for their vote of confidence in our mission to nurture and sustain future generations of theater-makers and theater-goers.”

Grounding our Stories: Place Matters | Maine Crime Writers

My office wall, where things I like to look at during the workday finally have been hung. For the twelve months it took the earth to make a complete revolution around the sun, the things to be hung huddled against the freshly painted walls, waiting for a hook and a hammer to welcome them home. Yet one more  2020 metaphor, I suppose. In any event, the things are now hung and that act immediately transformed my office into a warmer, more pleasurable space. I find it interesting that almost all of the photographs and prints I’ve collected over the years depict places that matter to me. Blueberry barrens in Hancock County. Fenway Park. A clutch of rowboats on the shoreline in Cape Porpoise. The ferry crossing Casco Bay on its way to Peaks Island.

Bedside table: A terrific novel and a terrific memoir, both about life in Maine

Bedside table: A terrific novel and a terrific memoir, both about life in Maine This Mainer is reading, and enjoying, books by Maine literary royalty - Monica Wood and Richard Russo. Share “I have just finished reading ‘When We Were the Kennedys’ by Monica Wood. It is an enthralling look at growing up in a Maine mill town, Mexico, host to the famous Oxford Paper mill. I chose this book partly due to recommendations, and partly due to its real-life look at Maine in the 1960s. I was amply rewarded. “I am now two-thirds of the way through Richard Russo’s ‘Empire Falls.’ Although a work of fiction, it is based on solid Maine ground. Again it provides insight into living and growing up in Maine, which is the main reason I chose to read it. Again, I have been fully rewarded.

So you think you're a Mainer? Have you read these books?

So you think you’re a Mainer. Have you read these books? With time on your hands, now is a good time to catch up on some of the must-read books by Maine authors. Courtesy of the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival One thing the pandemic has done is eliminate your excuse for not reading more. Maine authors have created some of the classic books of all time, along with best-sellers and Pulitzer Prize-winners. Their stories about Maine and their Maine viewpoints are rich and varied. Reading as many as you can only enriches your awareness of the state, your sense of being a Mainer.