After more than 300 people bought tickets to last year’s inaugural Backyard Locavore Tour, the organizers are getting ready for another oversized crowd when the edible garden excursion returns this Saturday. Unlike more typical garden tours, this event highlights plots growing vegetables, fruits and herbs, with a few offering a glimpse of small livestock husbandry […]
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Legislator arrested on suspicion of OUI
SCARBOROUGH – State Rep. Sean Flaherty, D-Scarborough, was arrested early Sunday morning on a charge of suspicion of operating under the influence after Flaherty rolled over his car on the interstate. Flaherty, 25, who is also head coach of the Scarborough High School swimming and diving team, was booked at Cumberland County Jail on Sunday […]
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Classical Beat: Good luck preserving natural soundscapes in our national parks
Some friends of ours from Pennsylvania stopped by for a visit the other day. The husband is an electrical engineer, now retired, who devotes his time to helping municipalities alleviate light pollution, which prevents us from seeing the night skies as our ancestors did. coincidence, I had just finished reading “One Square Inch of Silence” […]
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More letters to the editor, Aug. 7, 2010Dechaine case keeps readers involved
Nowhere is the need to avoid judicial conflict of interest more pressing than when it may affect the very freedom of an individual imprisoned for life or the certainty due a murder victim’s family that the real murderer is no longer at large. Both are powerfully present in the case of Dennis Dechaine. We are […]
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Judge hears arguments on motion to dismiss Rent-A-Husband case
PORTLAND – A judge will decide in the coming days whether criminal charges against a well-known Windham businessman should be dismissed or the case should proceed to trial later this year. Justice Thomas Warren heard arguments Friday on the motion to dismiss the charges against Kaile Warren. The hearing in Cumberland County Superior Court lasted […]
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Mortgage rates dip below 4 percent on 15-year loans
Most people can’t afford the payments that would save them tens of thousands of dollars.
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Augusta must find solution to pension problem
A story released by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting last week should give pause to anyone who spent the past budget season or two worried over the loss of teaching positions or cuts to municipal services. According to the article, the latest economic recession has knocked off track the state’s plan to pay […]
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Off to (training) camp
Raymond camp combines specialized athletic training with traditional summer experience. RAYMOND – Summer camp. The words dredge up images of carefree fun in the sun. Days spent swimming and playing games and nights around the campfire with friends new and old. But that isn’t the only type of summer camp. Many athletes use the summer […]
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IF&W Report – Go online for deer permits
The deadline for paper applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s any-deer permit lottery has passed, leaving the online application the only option for hunters. The department will be accepting applications online through 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 16. To apply online, go to www.mefishwildlife.com and select “Any Deer Permit” from the top […]
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Quinn's Corner – The 'death panel' of one
The United States views health care as a commodity, a product with market value. As long as health care is treated as merchandise to be bought and sold, both the bleeding hearts and the supply-side conservatives should recognize that there will always be some kind of allocation. If profit is involved, there will never be […]