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Here's what's on the program and who the soloists are for the Jan. 29 concert.

Every year, we ask you to tell us about people in your community who go out of their way to give of themselves for the benefit of others. This year's 10 Mainers To Be Thankful For are activists and advocates, coaches, caring neighbors, leaders and spirit-lifters. Here are their stories. Photos by staff photographer Gregory Rec.

Understanding how bystander intervention can help prevent dangerous or harmful situations

Scott Yeoman16:12, Jul 05 2021 Supplied Ōpōtiki man Brian Hilton died in 2016. A murder trial has begun into the death of Ōpōtiki man Brian Albert Hilton, which was initially thought to be an accident before new information emerged. Hilton, 77, was found alive, lying on the floor of his home on July 8, 2016, and was taken to Tauranga Hospital with facial injuries. He later died on July 13. Police originally thought Hilton died after a fall at home, but later received new information and reopened the investigation into his death. In 2018, police arrested Harry Clements Matchitt and char...

Edward Agius was no ordinary man. Although he was not an official diplomat, he played an important role in his unofficial capacity, shuttling between England and the continent at the turn of the century. He spoke an impressive 19 languages. Josephine Burns Debono says it was he who apparently coined the phrase entente cordiale over a brandy with the French president of the time. She is clearly proud of her grandfather but the story she told would give him an even more important role in history – that of helping to convert the British king, Edward VII, to Roman Catholicism. Josephine’s sto...