SOUTH PORTLAND – With the spring sports season in full swing, members of the South Portland High School tennis team will have to contend with much more than opposing schools. If you follow Highland Avenue past South Portland High School and look to your left, you will no longer see the two large sets of […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Making sense of statistics
For those with short attention spans, here are some accumulated bits of information from a variety of reliable sources: Training for politicians: Micro-organisms have been shown to evolve to do less work when other organisms will do their work for them. Lock ’em up and throw away the key: Between 2000 to 2010, crime rates […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Making sense of statistics
For those with short attention spans, here are some accumulated bits of information from a variety of reliable sources: Training for politicians: Micro-organisms have been shown to evolve to do less work when other organisms will do their work for them. Lock ’em up and throw away the key: Between 2000 to 2010, crime rates […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Making sense of statistics
For those with short attention spans, here are some accumulated bits of information from a variety of reliable sources: Training for politicians: Micro-organisms have been shown to evolve to do less work when other organisms will do their work for them. Lock ’em up and throw away the key: Between 2000 to 2010, crime rates […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Making sense of statistics
For those with short attention spans, here are some accumulated bits of information from a variety of reliable sources: Training for politicians: Micro-organisms have been shown to evolve to do less work when other organisms will do their work for them. Lock ’em up and throw away the key: Between 2000 to 2010, crime rates […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Mainers invented the staycation
Many newspapers in Maine are running articles this spring about “staycations” – which means staying home during your vacation week instead of going to some far-off, exotic place like Branson, Mo., and spending all kinds of money you don’t have. “Travel experts” are going on about how you should make your back yard a “destination.” […]
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South Portland man arrested for credit card thefts
SOUTH PORTLAND – Police say a South Portland man arrested at a local hotel last week was stealing credit cards at local schools and offices. Eric Merrill, 27, was arrested without incident on May 17 in the parking lot of the Best Western motel on Main Street in South Portland. According to a police statement, […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Never mind the Bollocks
In the wake of its chaotic state convention, the Maine Republican Party has cleverly positioned itself to appeal to a whole new segment of the public: Anarchists. While the straight-laced GOP might seem like an unattractive option for shaggy bomb-throwers with poor personal hygiene, there appears to be some common ground. On the convention floor, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Never mind the Bollocks
In the wake of its chaotic state convention, the Maine Republican Party has cleverly positioned itself to appeal to a whole new segment of the public: Anarchists. While the straight-laced GOP might seem like an unattractive option for shaggy bomb-throwers with poor personal hygiene, there appears to be some common ground. On the convention floor, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Never mind the Bollocks
In the wake of its chaotic state convention, the Maine Republican Party has cleverly positioned itself to appeal to a whole new segment of the public: Anarchists. While the straight-laced GOP might seem like an unattractive option for shaggy bomb-throwers with poor personal hygiene, there appears to be some common ground. On the convention floor, […]