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Farmington celebrates native son with earmuff parade

Chandler Clark, 4, looks down the Chester Greenwood Day parade route Saturday morning with his aunt, Heidi Hedstrom. Chandler’s earmuffs were originally worn by Hedstrom in 1989 when she marched for George H.W. Bush’s inauguration with the Mt. Blue High School marching band. FARMINGTON — Earmuffs of all shapes, goofiness and character attended the 42nd […]

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Photos from Women’s March on Washington and across Maine on Saturday

Demonstrators move slowly through an entrance to the National Mall, following speeches at the Women’s March on Saturday, on their way toward the White House. Event organizers estimated that more than 1 million people attended, while police put initial crowd estimates between 500,00 and 800,000.  Many in the crowd wore pink “pussyhats” in response to President […]

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Pride of Madawaska headed home after playing inaugural

A high school band from rural Maine on its way back from helping kick off Republican President Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities has been at the center of a clash between leading members of the state’s Green Independent Party Band Director Jon Meiklejohn (“mickel-john”) says with no time to prepare, the Madawaska band of about 29 […]

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Some grin, others bear it as Donald Trump takes office

As Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, about 75 Bates students and professors watched in silence on two large-screen televisions. Their hushed acceptance stood in marked contrast to the joy expressed by Robert Hayes of Auburn, who was hustling home from Hannaford Supermarket with the makings for a celebratory lunch. “This is a […]

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Smashed windows, chaotic confrontation near inauguration

Updated 2:05 p.m.: Police in the nation’s capital have again clashed with demonstrators – this time with a larger group than earlier in the day. Well over 1,000 protesters are in the streets of downtown Washington for a confrontation with police. Authorities are again using pepper spray, and some demonstrators appear to have difficulty breathing. […]

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D.C. locals wend through inaugural preparations

The prelude to an inauguration is almost as weird as the word is to pronounce. My office at Georgetown University’s Law Center isn’t far from the National Mall; I can look down the road and see the Capitol Building. It also gives me a second-row seat to preparations for a party so big, there’s only one […]

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Donald Trump juggles work and play on Inauguration eve

Updated 12:48 p.m.: WASHINGTON — Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump traded in his beloved private plane for a military jet Thursday and swooped into Washington for three days of inaugural festivities. As the president-elect left New York behind, the capital braced for an onslaught of inaugural crowds and demonstrators numbering in the hundreds of […]

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Frequently asked questions about attending Donald Trump’s inauguration

WASHINGTON — The inauguration is fast approaching, and D.C. is transforming to accommodate the estimated 1 million attendees and protesters expected to descend on the city this week. The new president will be sworn in at noon on Friday and there are countless events and protests scheduled in D.C. around that main attraction. Here’s everything […]