Shush! That’s the word many people associate with libraries. But while they are quiet places to study and read, they also serve another function in today’s world, according to Rita Swidrowski, a library assistant in the children’s room at the Scarborough Public Library. “Libraries have traditionally been thought of as very passive places, where you […]
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New book finally recognizes brother of Longfellow
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Sr. lived in the eclipse of his famous brother, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Then Alexander’s son, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr., went on to become a well-known architect in the 19th and 20th centuries. While the son today rates his own Wikipedia page, his father does not. However, that may change with […]
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Feature Obituary: Schuyler Steele, 51, hung his shingle on a boxcar
ANSON – When Schuyler Steele got interested in a subject, he exhausted it. If Gen. George Armstrong Custer hit his radar, he’d read book after book on him. Or he’d go through everything on the psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich. Or you could find him with a comic book in his hands, or a treatise by St. […]
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From just down the road, and heading for the top
Kit Smith of Brunswick is one of the leaders of a Bowdoin hockey team in the NCAA tournament.
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Red Riots assistant heads to Falmouth
Kevin Winship is leaving South Portland to become the Yachtsmen’s new head baseball coach.
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Sanford police make arrest in drugstore robbery
The suspect may be connected to robberies in Portland and Westbrook.
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Brutal storms hit beaches hard
Replacing coastal sands and trees will take years
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Quinn's Corner: A real grind for the Flatley group
A teenage dance form has recently become the subject of bemused discussion in local school boards. It may be described as: “A dance in which the boy’s pelvis is thrust against the girl’s buttocks.” For example, earlier this year the Bangor school board (which chose to use the euphemism “dirty dancing”) forbade any such goings […]
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Police: SoPo jewelry robbers tried to strike in Auburn
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland police say the same crew that robbed a Maine Mall jewelry store of more than $125,000 in high-end jewelry Monday also tried to rip off a jewelry store in Auburn the following day. Sgt. Steven Webster said the crew was not able to take anything from the Days Jewelry store […]
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EDITORIAL – Puppy mill law would be step in right direction
On Wednesday, March 3, the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Conservation was scheduled to hold a work session on LD 1598, An Act to Strengthen the Laws against Illegal “Puppy Mill” Operators. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Deborah Simpson, D-Androscoggin, comes on the heels of several seizures in Maine of animals from […]