Hydrangeas are a great plant for the Maine climate. They can bloom as early as June, and maintain their beauty throughout the growing season and even into winter. Skillins Greenhouses — with shops in Falmouth, Cumberland and Brunswick — is offering a class on hydrangeas at each location at 10 a.m. Sept. 15. In announcing […]
2012
Posted inLife & Culture
In the pumpkin patch: Aiming for greatness
Now more than midway through his quest to grow a giant pumpkin, 16-year-old Lucas Dion of Waterboro hand-germinates the plant and drenches his most promising specimens with gallons of water.
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Ex-Etiquette: Don’t halt visitation when support unpaid
Q: Do I have to let my ex see our 4-year-old son if he is behind on his child support? He does see him regularly — two or three times a week and every other weekend — but the ex has been out of work and is so behind on his support payments that I […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Book Review: Readers of Deans book can ride out the storm at home
Here’s a question for you: Would you rather be a 13-year-old boy riding the bus from Portland to New Jersey on a snow-filled night, or be snug at home with a book by Maine writer Sis Deans of Gorham that will take the trip for you, generously filling it with teenage angst, insight and adventure? […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Obamas get personal to connect with voters
The president and first lady tailor stories about their lives to relate to Americans struggling through hard economic times.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Agency approves donating to campaigns via text message
WASHINGTON – A plea to text “donate” to 62262 (that’s O-B-A-M-A) may be coming to a political ad near you. The Federal Election Commission announced last week that it has approved legal guidance that will allow small political donations to be added to cell phone bills when a campaign supporter sends a specific text message. […]
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
On Baseball: Ranaudo hopes tough year turns to learning experience
PORTLAND – Pitchers really have impressed recently at Hadlock Field. But not the pitcher expected to make the biggest impact on the 2012 Sea Dogs. In fact, Anthony Ranaudo is no longer in Portland. The Red Sox shipped him to their training complex in Fort Myers, Fla. Ranaudo, 22, has had a season to forget. […]
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
It’s shades of old Lester as Sox win
Jon Lester wins consecutive games for the first time since May, beating the Yankees.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Maine AMC: A lodge with no complaints
The Appalachian Mountain Club has worked to draw more fishermen to their camps.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
North Cairn: This house is a theater for storms
Most often they come by night, the perfect moments of nature. Perhaps it is because the darkness attends them — mimicking the suspension of time, the feeling of eternity wherever you are at any given, unexpected moment. When the vision of the physical body is eclipsed by the atmosphere of night, the other senses open […]