If you could go into a laboratory or outer space and design the perfect wine, on which attributes would you focus? What would be your priorities? Allow me some predictions: complexity of flavor, variety of flavor; clarity, clean delineation; tantalizing but not overbearing aromas; options along the textural spectrum from bracing to lush; balance among […]
September 2013
Posted inMaine, News
Maine university system paid former USM president $363,000 for report
The 39-page report addresses recruitment of foreign students, but the university system contracted with a company to draw students from overseas before the report was completed.
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, News, Sports
Buchholz strong in return, Red Sox beat Rays
Clay Buchholz allows three hits over five innings in his first start since early June as Boston beats Tampa 2-0.
Posted inUncategorized
Text of President Obama’s speech
Here is the text of President Obama’s speech on Syria, as provided by the Federal News Service.
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Cheverus field hockey shocked in OT by Bonny Eagle
PORTLAND—Amy McMullin, the coach of Cheverus’ field hockey team, has warned that her squad, as talented as it is, would suffer some growing pains this fall. Turns out, unfortunately for the Stags, that she was right. Tuesday afternoon, Cheverus came out flat, while unheralded, visiting Bonny Eagle came out sizzling and as a result, the […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Obama: ‘Our ideals … security are at stake’
Obama pledges to try diplomacy with Syria but respond with force if needed, and asks Congress to delay a strike authorization vote.
Posted inNews
Maine will open 21 lighthouses to public Saturday
The Coast Guard has partnered with the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation to sponsor the event.
Posted inCapitol Ticker
A special programming note for the Ticker
Improvements and modifications. That’s the self-imposed mandate for the Ticker, which has languished over the summer months as I tended to pressing matters: All that changes today. First, an announcement: New stuff! As anyone who browses (or trolls, or spams) the #mepolitics Twitter feed knows, there’s can be abundance of wit, humor, sanctimony and […]
Posted inNation & World, News
CBS News says it almost gave up on Assad interview
Assad and his team would not go on “60 Minutes” because they wanted to have a say on how the interview would be edited.
Posted inNews
Families seek to testify at sentencing for Bulger
The former mob boss was not found guilty of killing family members of some people who want to speak.