Bring out your green for Bath’s Blarney Days, a week of fun starting Thursday and wrapping up on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. For its second annual Irish heritage celebration, Bath has a fun-filled calendar of events, including the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the state on Saturday. Jennifer Geiger, director of Main Street […]
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Another top Taliban leader believed killed in Pakistan
The death further expands the group’s leadership void, which could aid U.S. efforts against militants.
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This week • Michael Trautman’s Big Time Vaudeville Show makes it final appearance of the season at 7 p.m. Saturday at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. The performance will include appearances by Jones & Boyce and Dos Eckies. Jones & Boyce are Brian Jones and Susan Boyce, a song, dance, and comedy team […]
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H1N1: Flash in the pandemic? Lessons learned.
Not only did the swine flu educate scientists, it also opened eyes to the anti-vaccine lobby’s potency.
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Go ahead, tax the tanners
Finally, a recipe for the perfect tax: One that hits people who are more unpopular than legislators.
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Are cell phones frying our brains?
It’s hard to know whom to believe, but studies independent of industry offer damning data.
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Review: ‘Harold’ depicts bygone era, but its lessons still resonate
PORTLAND – The Portland Stage Company’s latest production deals with the serious subject of a type of racism that was a part of everyday life in South Africa in the era of apartheid. Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold and the Boys” takes place in 1950 and hit home hard in 1982 when it had its world […]
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Review: Good Theater offers saucy ‘Earnest’
PORTLAND – Spring is less than two weeks away, and many have begun ticking off the days on the calendar, eager for sunshine and the promise of new beginnings. Of course, as all of us Irish and Irish at heart know, that also means St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, poised to pay […]
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‘Here and There’ is an evocative, compelling exhibit
“The Odyssey” is a Greek epic about Odysseus’ trek home after the Trojan War. The flip side of the story is about Penelope, the hero’s wife and mother of their son, who was just a month old when Odysseus left. Faithful Penelope thwarts the scores of suitors insisting she remarry by saying she will choose […]
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Savvy Senior: Age-friendly bathroom makes life safer, easier
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: What tips or products can you recommend to make a bathroom more senior-friendly. My husband and I are looking to adapt our home for our elderly years and would like to start with the bathroom. What can you tell us? — Aging Gracefully DEAR AGING: Because more accidents and injuries happen in […]