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Fryeburg — 15 The towns of Sebago, Brownfield, Lovell and Waterford had a case count ranging from 6 to 19, while Denmark’s number was 1 to 5. Bridgton officials decided this week that the town’s Transfer Station  Storewill be closed effective Dec. 19, due to Covid-19 restrictions, until further notice. Unfortunately, the surge is unfolding as health officials expected. “This is particularly concerning because leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday we could see this coming. We have issu...

By David Burke. George Blake has just died aged 98 at his dacha outside Moscow where Putin’s overseas intelligence service, the SVR, was protecting him from Covid-19. Blake was held in high esteem by the Russians. Putin has said that the “memory of this legendary person will be preserved forever in our hearts”. Putin awarded him a medal in 2007. Blake was arrested in London in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years imprisonment but escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966 with the aid of Sean Bourke...

To lose one Nutcracker may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two looks like . . . a gloomily apt ending to this unfestive season. Birmingham Royal Ballet was preparing runs of its cherished

George Blake obituary Richard Norton-Taylor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Boris Yurchenko/AP George Blake, who has died aged 98, was the most notorious Soviet agent inside Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Interned by the Nazis in the Netherlands, recruited by MI6, then by the KGB after he was captured during the Korean war, unmasked by a defecting Polish intelligence officer and sentenced at the Old Bailey to an unprecedented term in jail, Blake made a ...

Your clubs one Christmas wish ahead of the 2021 season By 2020-12-23T11:11+11:00 Christmas is nearly here and all through the AFL, coaches, club officials and players are stirring, setting their goals and expectations for the 2021 campaign. While Santa, probably, can’t actually deliver on any of these, we have gone through what all 18 AFL teams would be wishing for in 2021 if they could wish for anything … other than a premiership … that’s a bit too obvious. Whether it’s a certain pl...

Advertisement The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has releasing a notice seeking information and data related to the beneficial use and piles of coal combustion residuals (CCR, commonly known as coal ash). “EPA has long promoted the beneficial use of industrial materials like coal ash, which has economic and environmental benefits,” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Land and Emergency Management, Peter Wright. “We are committed to listening to our stakeholders to ensure our ...

Eduardo Munoz / Pool via AP Frontline staff at Rumford Hospital are getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. President Peter Wright says many arrived for work early to get the shot, and he expects all 100 doses the hospital received will be administered by the end of the day. “A lot of enthusiasm, a lot of excitement. People stepping up,” he says. “It’s really exciting.” Wright says he hopes that the broader community will get the vaccine when they have the opportunity. "...

Michael Van Gerwen facing Christmas in London without family due to border rules PA Michael Van Gerwen will spend Christmas in London away from his family. The darts star had planned to return to the Netherlands for Christmas following his first-round win at the PDC World Championship on Saturday before returning to the UK for the second part of the tournament. But border restrictions being imposed by several countries to prevent people travelling to and from the UK following the discovery of a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A man’s library is a sort of a harem,” and book lovers know a person’s personal library reveals much about the owner. Reading a recent NYTimes.com article titled “What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves” compelled getting out the magnifying glass and examining the accompanying photograph of Fauci sitting in front of his bookshelves. Books were stacked on top of books and family photos, baseball cards, and smal...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A man’s library is a sort of a harem,” and book lovers know a person’s personal library reveals much about the owner. Reading a recent NYTimes.com article titled “What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves” compelled getting out the magnifying glass and examining the accompanying photograph of Anthony Fauci sitting in front of his bookshelves. Books were stacked on top of books and family photos, baseball cards, and small me...