A converted railroad corridor offers recreational users sweeping views that should help its coastal region draw visitors.
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Tamil refugees may be traumatized
Canadian officials are wary, saying there may be terrorists among those on a ship seeking asylum
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Tamil refugees may be traumatized
Canadian officials are wary, saying there may be terrorists among those on a ship seeking asylum
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Trial set to start for ex-official in child porn case
The former assistant attorney general was charged after computer images were found.
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Letters to the editor, Aug. 13, 2010Emergency rooms treat homeless well
I write to respond to issues raised in a letter to the editor on Aug. 3 (“Drowned homeless man deserved better care”). In a hospital’s emergency department, severely intoxicated patients are evaluated not only for alcohol abuse but for a myriad of other medical problems. Often, and only with their consent, they are admitted to […]
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Brazilian dancer Daielma Santos returns to Maine to perform with Fred Garbo, Debi Irons
DANCE ARTIST DAIELMA SANTOS, formerly of Maine and now living Charlotte, North Carolina, returns to Maine for several performances this weekend and the coming week. Santos and dance partner Fred Garbo will bring their inflatable theater creations for the Leura Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 […]
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Music and Nightlife: Big Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• BIG TICKET Revel in reggae and more with ‘Scratch’ Perry LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY is a Grammy Award-winning reggae producer and performer who has made records with everyone from Bob Marley to The Clash. Keith Richards has called him “the Salvador Dali of music.” WHEN: 10 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland HOW MUCH: […]
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‘Expendables’ has the big shootouts and stars, but feels kind of disposable
Here they are, “the REAL A-Team,” the pride and joy of big, bloody ’80s action movies, back for a last roundup. “The Expendables,” Sylvester Stallone’s all-star mercenary movie, is a deliriously retro ride into Reagan-era blockbusters. The brawn and testosterone (among other bulk-inducing substances) drip off the screen as Sly, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason […]
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Wind power bandwagon hits bumps in road
Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series on the 2008 law to fast-track wind turbine development. AUGUSTA – The Wind Energy Act of 2008, which gave developers a fast track to putting up wind turbines in some of the state’s treasured high ground, was a special interest bill justified at the time […]
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Hundreds of thousands flee Pakistan floods
The government calls for more international aid as millions of acres of crops are inundated.