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March 31, 2013

Tuesday “Search Engine Optimization: How to Optimize your Website,” noon to 2:30 p.m., SCORE Offices, 100 Middle St., Portland. The cost is $35 with an online reservation. For details or reservations, visit www.scoremaine.com or call 772-1147 weekday mornings. Think Spring, 5 to 7 p.m., networking event with Think Local Community Networking. Held at The Local […]

Business

Could edamame be a magic bean?

by JEANNIE NUSS The Associated Press March 31, 2013

Food trend experts and farmers see potential in growing the edible soybean.

Opinion

Michael Cuzzi: Wanting to be re-elected drives LePage’s reversals

March 31, 2013

The governor’s recent about-faces show he gets that Maine voters prefer cooperation.

Letters, Opinion

Letters to the Editor: Rural delivery fee makes no sense

March 31, 2013

Greg Kesich should screen the letters to the editor and the “Another View” editorials. The ones that make sense go to the Sunday opinion page. The comical or nonsense ones go to the comic section. But then, that’s why I buy the Maine Sunday Telegram. Regarding Michele Boston’s editorial (“Another View: Balance postal budget: Charge […]

Opinion

David Rohde: Anthony Lewis and the need for journalism that inspires

March 31, 2013

His work clarified complex issues in a way online journalists today are rarely given the time to do.

Opinion

Barney Frank: Social Security ‘entitlement’ deserves funding and respect

March 31, 2013

We should ensure its solvency by applying the payroll tax to earnings of $250,000 to $400,000.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Lawmakers, regulators behind the curve, foster care surge shows

March 31, 2013

Major reforms are critical to resolving the current crisis and preventing future ones.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Book Review: ‘Burgess Boys’ has hallmarks of a classic

by JOAN SILVERMAN March 31, 2013

Four years after winning the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for the book “Olive Kitteridge,” Portland native Elizabeth Strout is back. Her latest novel, “The Burgess Boys,” doesn’t disappoint. This post-9/11 story of family and forgiveness, identity and dislocation, has the hallmarks of a classic and the urgency of today’s news. The plot stems from a […]