Just as grilling season heats up, Maine spicemeisters offer ideas and recipes for making homemade rubs.
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Savvy Senior: How to protect parent from financial fraud
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Can you offer some tips on protecting seniors from financial scams? My neighbor’s elderly mother was recently swindled out of $10,000 and I want to make sure my own mother is protected. – Troubled Daughter DEAR TROUBLED: Financial scams that target the elderly continue to be a big problem in the U.S. […]
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Ex-Etiquette: As always, Rule No. 1 is the one to follow
Q: My son is 14 and I wasn’t around for most of his life, but about two years ago I reached out and he responded positively. We are now pretty close, but it’s obvious he is even closer to his stepdad, which I think is because he has been around since he was a little […]
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Motherlode: Ability grouping is one of swings kids have to ride
Grouping students by ability level in the classroom is back. “Ability grouping and its close cousin, tracking, in which children take different classes based on their proficiency levels, fell out of favor in the late 1980s and the 1990s as critics charged that they perpetuated inequality by trapping poor and minority students in low-level groups,” […]
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Book Review: Civil War generals were riddled with flaws
“Howeffer did zey vin!” mutters a German guest at Faulty Towers, staring down upon the hapless and prostrate Basil Faulty at the end of that British series’ classic, “The Germans.” I found myself repeating it like a mantra as I plowed through Diane Monroe Smith’s “Command Conflicts in Grant’s Overland Campaign: Ambition and Animosity in […]
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Someone to take care of the caregivers
– 9. MEDICAL SECRETARIES PROJECTED GROWTH (2010-2020): 856 jobs, up 24 percent AVERAGE WAGE: $14.99 per hour MINIMUM EDUCATION: High school diplomaWhat started as a temp job turned into a career in health care for Lisa Mavilia. Mavilia, 25, got a job through a temp agency in the cardiology department of a Massachusetts hospital in […]
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Dine Out Maine: Car-hop service adds flavor to Cameron’s Lobster House
At Cameron’s Lobster House in Brunswick, you can eat inside at wooden booths, outside on the covered deck at wrought iron tables or — wait for it — in your car, 1950s car-hop style. Turn your lights on for service, and a waitress will emerge to take your order. This may be the only drive-in […]
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Major League Notebook: Buchholz won’t meet target of returning by Tuesday
DETROIT — Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox isn’t expected to start Tuesday night against the Colorado Rockies, and there’s no timetable for when he might be ready to return from a strained neck. Manager John Farrell said Buchholz (9-0) didn’t throw a bullpen session Saturday, although he did do some long-toss and flat-ground […]
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Dispatches
Utility worker apparently electrocuted / Dangerous ozone levels expected / Women’s organization honors attorney general / Two hurt in ATV accident / Schools conference in August
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A rough night all around for Sea Dogs
Poor defense, so-so pitching and a lack of timely hits add up to another road defeat.