We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about poetry in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage’s snub, intentional or otherwise, of Maine poetry at last week’s inauguration galvanized the literary community and created a perfect learning moment. Wesley McNair, one of Maine’s best-known poets on a national scale, was surprised when he learned the LePage team opted […]
2011
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Taste & Tell: Sabieng Authentic Thai redeems itself with classic dishes
Sabieng, a Thai word, means “reserved savory food eaten when someone is traveling a great distance,” according to the menu of the Maine restaurant of that name. Although winter is just at its start, it already feels as though we have traveled a great distance from warm weather, and that has made most of us […]
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Arts Planner
After a brief post-holiday pause, the Portland theater scene starts back up beginning this week. • The Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., stages the musical version of “The Wizard of Oz,” opening Friday and continuing with a four-week run through Feb. 6. The playhouse staged this show during its inaugural season and sold it […]
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The Bottom Line: Maine in a bottle
Oakhurst Dairy homogenizes its marketing message: It’s local milk
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Jan. 9, 2011Lost Canadian denied hospitality
Several weeks ago, a Canadian citizen, following his GPS to find the shortest way home, strayed across the border into Maine. Any civilized country would have welcomed him, offered sympathy for his lost condition, given him a map, and invited him to come again and stay longer next time — “Maine: Worth a Visit, Worth […]
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Datebook
Tuesday Grant information for Androscoggin County nonprofits, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, 415 Lisbon St., Lewiston. The session is for organizations planning to apply for grants from Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program. For registration, questions or more information go to www.mainecf.org or call 1-877-700-6800. “Starting Your Own […]
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Tony Payne: Advice for 2011: Train and trim
What can we all do to help ensure recovery from the Great Recession? Buy Spanish goods, eat lots of Spain’s orange clementines and quaff their wines. Not really, but it speaks to one of the greatest challenges for the global economy this year. Sustaining a painfully slow economic recovery requires that Spain not become the […]
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Third generation of Bennetts keeps the business flowing
‘We absolutely get at each other’s throats,’ says President William Bennett of working with his siblings. But they always work things out.
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Charles Lawton: Pretty picture: Portland as a renaissance city
Roxanne Quimby, co-founder of personal care products phenomenon Burt’s Bees, recently told the Portland Chamber about the importance of BHAG’s — big, hairy, audacious goals. She said that soon after she moved her young company’s operations from the back of a pickup to a small building in Guilford, she put a big sign on the […]
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A longevity revolution – with an *
Aging baby boomers must choose whether they’ll be perceived as agents of change or as a burden.