Imagine a young girl from Portland, Maine, sailing for France in 1909 when she was barely 19 years old, a student of such promise that her teacher, Miss Wheeler, of Miss Wheeler’s School in Providence, Rhode Island, invited her to spend the summer at her cottage in Giverney, right next door to Claude Monet. Mildred […]
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Fighting makes daily life unbearable in Syrian city
BEIRUT – Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and the current focus of its civil war. Life for Aleppo’s 3 million residents was becoming increasingly unbearable as a […]
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GOP hits Obama after memo urges caution on notice of possible layoffs
WASHINGTON – Republicans accused President Obama of trying to keep middle-class Americans in the dark about whether they’ll lose their jobs from impending defense cuts as a Labor Department memo cautioning contractors about layoff notices set off political recriminations. “The president doesn’t want people reading about pink slips in the weeks before his election, so […]
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Scarborough panel won’t pursue pet-sales ban
SCARBOROUGH – A citizens group that seeks to ban the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores throughout Maine struck out in its first at bat Tuesday when the Scarborough Ordinance Committee declined to pursue its proposal. Lynne Fracassi, founder of Maine Citizens Against Puppy Mills, first appeared before the committee backed by a […]
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Groundbreaking for South Portland's Veterans Green set for August 2
SOUTH PORTLAND – Nearly five years after a citizen committee formed to find a way to honor military men and woman in South Portland, and one year after a $40,000 granite monument was delivered to Mill Creek Park, that marker is about to get an official groundbreaking ceremony. At 10 a.m. on August 2, the […]
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Groundbreaking for South Portland's Veterans Green set for August 2
SOUTH PORTLAND – Nearly five years after a citizen committee formed to find a way to honor military men and woman in South Portland, and one year after a $40,000 granite monument was delivered to Mill Creek Park, that marker is about to get an official groundbreaking ceremony. At 10 a.m. on August 2, the […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Analysis: Therapy’s just the ticket
This week at the coffee shop, social psychologist Lucius Flatley discussed similarities in the personality characteristics of small children and of tea partiers (TPs). According to him, both groups suffer from a special mix of trepidation and anxiety. In the case of children, it is fear that they will lose their toys. In the case […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Cold shoulder
Dazbog is a wedding photographer. He’d live in Portland if he existed, which he doesn’t because he’s a fictional character being used to make a political point. To that end, I’ll give Dazbog a comfortable home, a loving wife and two teenage kids, who huff glue while he’s off shooting weddings on weekends. Dazbog is […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Everything in its place
I was sitting in my yard the other day watching a guy build a stone wall in front of our neighbor’s house. It’s probably not something you’d pay to watch, but for what I paid it was a great show. I saw how gracefully this stonewall craftsman worked as he took a stone from a […]
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Romney’s ‘culture’ remark angers Palestinians
The GOP nominee said “culture” was the reason Israelis make more than Palestinians, but economists say Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian trade and movement is the largest reason for the discrepancy.