Critics say the 2011 law hurt small, rural firms; backers counter that it has increased options and cut costs.
2013
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Bill Nemitz: Plunge bra fails to rise to jail fund standards
Say what you will about Sgt. Karina Richardson. At least she understands her place in Washington County history. “My reputation has been ruined over a bra,” Richardson lamented to the county commissioners Thursday evening as she tried — and failed — to hang on to her job as clerk of the Washington County Jail. Presumably, […]
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Treaty adopted to cut mercury emissions
GENEVA – More than 140 nations adopted the first legally-binding international treaty Saturday aimed at reducing mercury emissions, capping four years of negotiations on how to set limits on the use of a highly toxic metal. The treaty was adopted after all-night negotiations that capped a week of talks in Geneva, U.N. environmental program officials […]
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Bulgarians thwart assailant
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgarian police detained a man after he pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader as he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital Saturday. No shots were fired. The video from the Saturday event in Sofia shows the man climbing the podium where Ahmed Dogan, […]
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Robots can find whales when people cannot
The gliders read calls from endangered whales and relay their locations, even in harsh conditions.
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Creative Portland, Arts Commission to offer updates
Creative Portland is co-hosting an event with the Maine Arts Commission from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Portland Stage Company’s children’s workshop space, 25A Forest Ave. From 4 to 5 p.m., Maine Arts Commission director Julie Richard will provide updates about the commission and lead a discussion about future plans for the agency. At […]
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Bay Chamber winter show coming up
Bay Chamber Concerts presents its Odeon Winter Concert at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rockport Opera House. The concert is free. Odeon Allegro, Symphony and Adult Orchestras, conducted by Deirdre McClure and assisted by Gilda Joffe, will perform. The Winter Concert will feature work by Beethoven, Handel and the familiar “Scarboro Fair” of Simon and […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Kenneth Rosen of Portland has published numerous collections of poetry, including “The Origins of Tragedy,” which includes “The Alligator’s Hum.” The poem brings together alligators, dating and poetry in a combination that makes us rethink all three.
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Space Annex shows work of photographer Kolster
The Space Gallery Annex, 538 Congress St., Portland, is showing a collection of prints and glass plates by photographer Michael Kolster in a new exhibition, “itiswhatitis.” The exhibition includes two series of works, one featuring abstracted tangles of binding ribbons and one collecting cliched phrases, typset in a similar tangle. Kolster shoots each unique glass […]
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Portland figures in Jeanie Johnston history
The most harrowing trip the Jeanie Johnston took to North America has a little-known connection to Portland. It was far too late in the season for the Jeanie Johnston to cross the ocean, Miles explained, and the ship was overloaded with more people than was allowed by nautical law. They hit some serious storms that […]