ACAPULCO, Mexico – The Mexican government searched for victims and continued assessing the damage Saturday from the one-two punch of storms Manuel and Ingrid. Meanwhile, in Mexico City, a wave of critics charged the government with making natural disasters worse because of poor planning. “Governments aren’t responsible for the occurrence of severe weather, but they […]
September 2013
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Art Review: MECA’s ‘Ardor’ a passionate prelude
The Portland Museum of Art Biennial, which opens on Oct. 3, is the art event that gets the most internal ink in Maine. One reason why there is so much Sturm und Drang surrounding the highest profile juried shows in any region is that such shows reach out to — and thereby implicate, for better […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Sometimes what saves a child from life’s hardships is her imagination, as Mekeel McBride explains in today’s poem.
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North Cairn: Refreshed by puppy love at first sight
To be honest, it was the emptiness that prompted me to let my life be overrun with chaos – namely, a puppy. I held out for two months after my 10-year-old golden retriever had to be put down, mostly unable to come to a decision about whether to get a dog, and if so, what […]
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Deirdre Fleming: Law can provide a yardstick to gauge safety for Maine cyclists
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine (BCM) touts our state as having some of the nation’s most bike-friendly laws. One of the more recent is the “three-foot” law. But is it working? This summer two cyclists were killed after being hit by motorists and a third could have easily suffered the same fate after getting struck […]
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Carey Kish: Hiking plus foliage equals fun
The leaves of the soft maples in the low-lying areas around my home in Bowdoin are changing fast into their classic red colors of fall, and a little more every day I notice the forest fringes turning orange and yellow. Foliage season has certainly arrived, and with it, the start of Fall Foliage Reports from […]
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NFL Week 3 at a Glance
BUCCANEERS (0-2) at PATRIOTS (2-0), 1 p.m. Outlook: The Patriots have won their two games by a combined five points, while the Bucs have lost theirs by a combined three points, proving that the margin of error in the NFL is at times paper thin. New England has won 31 of its last 34 home […]
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Allen Afield: Sights and sounds of new season fall in
In my youth, old timers claimed that gardeners could expect frost in a specific area six weeks after goldenrods first blossomed there. For instance, an old friend swears that if goldenrods bloom in his fields on Aug. 17, frost will hit his garden by Sept. 28, exactly 42 days later. In my humble opinion, that […]
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Running: Maine Marathon number crunching
The Oct. 6 Maine Marathon and Half Marathon bumped their heads against the 3,500-registrant ceiling when the clock struck midnight on Saturday, Sept. 7. So that’s that. No more entries taken. Simple, right? Actually no, if you think about it, or if you talk to the race’s co-directors, Howard Spear and Bob Aube. Division of […]
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Hunting: Accomplished wingshooting isn’t a shot in the dark
I’ve heard from several instructors that women tend to make better shooters, partly because they’re willing to listen to and follow directions. Most men, on the other hand, figure they already know enough, or are too stubborn to admit they don’t. I’m humble enough to admit I probably could have used a few lessons before, […]