Maine’s biggest storms are growing more frequent and fierce, according to a study released late last month. It is the latest sign that the effects of climate change long predicted by scientists are now coming to bear, and one that should not be ignored by Maine communities, particularly those along the water. The report, issued […]
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EDITORIAL – The storm clouds are unmistakable
Maine’s biggest storms are growing more frequent and fierce, according to a study released late last month. It is the latest sign that the effects of climate change long predicted by scientists are now coming to bear, and one that should not be ignored by Maine communities, particularly those along the water. The report, issued […]
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EDITORIAL – The storm clouds are unmistakable
Maine’s biggest storms are growing more frequent and fierce, according to a study released late last month. It is the latest sign that the effects of climate change long predicted by scientists are now coming to bear, and one that should not be ignored by Maine communities, particularly those along the water. The report, issued […]
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Editorial – Two events, thousands of stories of inspiration
The Tri for a Cure, held last Sunday in South Portland, has in only five years become one of the most successful charity ventures Maine has ever seen. The all-women race, which featured 593 individual finishers and 180 relay teams, raised more than $1.2 million for cancer research this year, making it the single-highest one-day […]
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Editorial – Two events, thousands of stories of inspiration
The Tri for a Cure, held last Sunday in South Portland, has in only five years become one of the most successful charity ventures Maine has ever seen. The all-women race, which featured 593 individual finishers and 180 relay teams, raised more than $1.2 million for cancer research this year, making it the single-highest one-day […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS – Mildred Burrage, and African politics
Imagine a young girl from Portland, Maine, sailing for France in 1909 when she was barely 19 years old, a student of such promise that her teacher, Miss Wheeler, of Miss Wheeler’s School in Providence, Rhode Island, invited her to spend the summer at her cottage in Giverney, right next door to Claude Monet. Mildred […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Analysis: Therapy’s just the ticket
This week at the coffee shop, social psychologist Lucius Flatley discussed similarities in the personality characteristics of small children and of tea partiers (TPs). According to him, both groups suffer from a special mix of trepidation and anxiety. In the case of children, it is fear that they will lose their toys. In the case […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Cold shoulder
Dazbog is a wedding photographer. He’d live in Portland if he existed, which he doesn’t because he’s a fictional character being used to make a political point. To that end, I’ll give Dazbog a comfortable home, a loving wife and two teenage kids, who huff glue while he’s off shooting weddings on weekends. Dazbog is […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Everything in its place
I was sitting in my yard the other day watching a guy build a stone wall in front of our neighbor’s house. It’s probably not something you’d pay to watch, but for what I paid it was a great show. I saw how gracefully this stonewall craftsman worked as he took a stone from a […]
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EDITORIAL – Asking the right questions on gun control
The questions that remain unanswered following the shooting last week at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., are as plentiful as they are unsettling: How does a person with no criminal record turn into a killer? How does someone become so callous as to slaughter complete strangers? Were there warning signs? Could it have been […]