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The hills are alive as ‘The Sound of Music’ movie celebrates its 50th anniversary

by Barbara Vancheri Tribune News Service March 8, 2015February 19, 2019

The musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer has stood the test of time … and then some.

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New on DVD

March 8, 2015March 9, 2015

NEW ON THE SHELF “Foxcatcher,” Steve Carell, Channing Tatum. Comedian Carell makes an ultimately successful bid for dramatic respect in this disturbing fact-based tale, chronicling the unlikely and unfortunate union between Olympian wrestlers David (Tatum) and Mark Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) and impenetrable billionaire John E. du Pont (Carell), who takes it upon himself to help […]

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Society Notebook: SailMaine party supports greater Portland’s sea students

by Margaret Logan March 8, 2015March 14, 2015

Funds raised at the annual Winter Warm-up help aspiring junior sailors navigate their dreams on Casco Bay.

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‘Closer All the Time’ draws small-town characters in detail

by Heidi Sistare March 8, 2015March 9, 2015

Everyday tragedies and moments of redemption carry these 13 linked stories by Jim Nichols.

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Signings, etc.: Author Alex Myer talks about his new book

March 8, 2015March 9, 2015

The hero is a Revolutionary War soldier… who happens to be a woman.

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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

March 8, 2015March 9, 2015

Edited and introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. This week’s poem by the late Constance Hunting, a Maine poet and editor, describes a monkey she has trained to sit and write. What the monkey represents, she is not here to explain, of course. All we know is that she admires the “strange marks” the […]

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