Edgar Allen Beem’s opinion piece last week on Clint Lorance, which included showing us how to add our voice to the injustice, was inspiring. If I had a bell to ring I’d ring it loud for Mr. Beem’s piece and his message “you can’t ask young Americans to fight a dirty war and then turn […]
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Letter: Finding wrongs in 'The Right View'
I was discouraged wading through all the “labels” in your new column “The Right View.” Moreover, the title of Ms. McDonald’s opinion piece is grammatically incorrect, and, apparently, intentionally polarizing. Thus, we learn that this view from the right (surely not the “right view”) is “steadfastly pro-life,” and without “sympathy for any Democrat.” Isn’t this […]
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Maine Voices: Rwanda not only survives but flourishes 20 years after genocide
The nation’s new spirit is evident in its schools for girls, jobs for women and environmental projects.
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Book Review: Elizabeth McCracken’s stories create three-dimensional portraits of loss
In ‘Thunderstruck and Other Stories’ she arranges the mood and atmosphere as if she were writing a literary thriller.
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Maine’s Tim Simons is a rising star on hit HBO series ‘Veep’
The Readfield actor also has roles in several movies, including one in an edgy little indie in his beloved home state.
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Mainer’s response at Boston Marathon bombings was ‘what any man would have done’
John Mixon has had a difficult year since he sprang to help victims at the finish line. But he’ll be back in Boston on Monday.
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China says one-fifth of its farmland is polluted with toxic metals
Health advocates have identified several villages near factories where they say cancer rates are above the national average.
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Maine trooper has close call with wild turkey
As he approached a flock of birds on Interstate 95, one of them flew directly into his windshield.
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Portland arts projects earn NEA grants
PORTLAND — City artistic endeavors will receive $107,500 in federal grants this year, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced April 16. Included in the funding from the National Endowment for the Arts is $35,000 for the city to stage a production and tour of “Hearts, Minds, and Homes,” about gentrification and homelessness in the city. […]
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Midtown opponents to hold fundraiser
PORTLAND — Opponents of the proposed Midtown Towers project on Somerset Street will hold a fundraiser for legal expenses at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Aurora Cafe, 64 Pine St. Keep Portland Livable co-founders Peter Monro and Tim Paradis estimated as much as $75,000 will be needed to appeal Planning Board approval of the […]