I am a Master Recreational Guide who owns and runs a canoe guide business, running multi-day trips on rivers and lakes in the North Maine Woods. Over 18 years of guiding, I’ve seen firsthand the increase in extreme weather; high winds, extended heat waves, severe downpours and winter seasons that have been shortened on both […]
2014
Posted inBusiness
Cars becoming big wheels at technology show
High-tech rides from Audi, Ford and others crowd into the spotlight.
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Posted inBusiness
‘Organic’ TVs: The next big thing?
Big is an understatement, actually, of both size and price as companies roll out their researchers’ babies.
Posted inOpinion
David Rohde: Partisanship weakened the U.S. abroad in 2013
Unable to identify a common enemy, our political elite let some crucial trends go unchecked.
Posted inOpinion
Barney Frank: Note to Ryan: Drop the holier-than-thou budget attitude
Republicans, too, are responsible for the debts America has to pay.
Posted inBusiness
Charles Lawton: Forget jobs for now; let’s focus on business formation
The Great Recession killed off nearly 5 percent of Maine’s job providers.
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On the Move
NEW FACES • The following people joined the nonprofit, affordable-housing developer Avesta Housing: Nicole DiGeronimo was hired as a foreclosure prevention housing counselor in the Avesta HomeOwnership Center. Previously, she worked at York County Community Action in Sanford. Todd Rothstein was hired as director of construction services. Previously, he worked for Great Falls Construction. In […]
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Maine Voices: U.S. torture report needs to be public
Knowledge of the facts about the use of torture is crucial to ensuring that torture is never used again.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Book Review: Lost men from WWII subject of ‘Vanished’
Author Wil S. Hylton trains a reporter’s eye on the skies over the Pacific – and on grieving families at home.
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Book Review: ‘Mother, Mother,’ a powerful trip through familial angst
The novel, by New York Times best-selling author Koren Zailckas, is a chilling indictment of bad moms.