PORTLAND — Urban planners from across the nation will be in Portland next week to find out what kind of improvements the community wants to see in East Bayside. In February, Portland was selected as one of seven U.S. cities to win a grant from the American Institute of Architects to transform a part of […]
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Harpswell voters approve $4M budget, pursuit of Brunswick border resolution
HARPSWELL — For the second consecutive year, Town Meeting voters authorized the town to seek a review of its historical border with Brunswick. But unlike last year, voters on March 20 agreed to help pay for the effort, authorizing $2,500 to assist with legal fees and lobbying expenses to persuade the Legislature to change a […]
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Pot-rich county seeslegalization as threat
Humboldt County residents fear more players will mean more supply, undermining their lucrative trade.
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New details on Jackson’s last moments
Documents say the pop star’s doctor collected drug vials before calling for emergency help.
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Artists dish outsupersized ‘Suppers’
The portions depicted in the meal have grown steadily over the past millennium, a study finds.
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Letters to the editor, March 23, 2010Health care deserves Senate support
It is time for Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to support the administration’s promotion of significant health care reform. The companion bill coming to the Senate is not perfect, but is an effective move in the right direction. Plan opponents say the present effort should be scrapped and replaced by small, “step-by-step” measures. However, […]
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World Dispatches
REYKJAVIK Volcanic activity concerns of larger eruptions nearby Blasts of lava and ash shot out of a volcano in southern Iceland on Monday and small tremors rocked the ground, a surge in activity that raised fears of a larger explosion at the nearby Katla volcano. Scientists say history has proven that when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano […]
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Ogunquit ‘best chef’ nominees hope seventh selection brings just desserts
– MEREDITH GOAD Staff Writer Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier, the chef/owners of Arrows Restaurant in Ogunquit, were nominated Monday for the “Best Chef: Northeast” award from the James Beard Foundation. It’s the chefs’ seventh nomination, but they have never won. They were the only Maine chefs to be nominated for the honor this year, […]
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Good form
Brook Mitchell, 13, of Bath, plays soccer and lacrosse, but has the form of a javelin thrower while pitching limbs onto a brush fire on Friday, March 12. With temperatures in the 50s, it was a great day to clear up winter’s mess.
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Topsham man arrested after allegedly luring child into home
TOPSHAM — A Winter Street resident arrested Monday, March 15, on a charge of criminal restraint after allegedly enticing a 5-year-old girl into his apartment will undergo psychological evaluation. Stuart Bull, 39, allegedly lured the child into his Whispering Pines apartment at 53 Winter St. at about 3:30 p.m. while she rode her bicycle. A witness, […]