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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 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 ind...

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 Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. According to a pr...

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 barnicle's dear friend tim russert said in 2000, of course, that it was all about florida, florida, florida. i think it's safe to say all these years later in 2020 it's 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 you about how things have changed over the past four years? like you said the suburbs of philly a...

Think republicans and democrats are just watching what's happening in rural wisconsin and how they also react to the impeachment inquiry. we'll 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 he's going to be impeached in the house, there will be a trial in the senate. we'll 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 will be president trump's support in the old mining and mill towns where the industries that once ...

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 it's 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 you've 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. when you were in school, you went to college or you went to work in the mill. >> let me ask you ...