Most of what’s left of the boats owned by a fishing magnate known as the Codfather, who was forced out of the industry after committing an elaborate fraud, have been acquired by a Massachusetts company, it said Thursday. Blue Harvest, a fishing and processing company in New Bedford, announced it has reached an agreement to […]
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Jonathan Crimmins: Power, protection and pilfered pachyderms
I spend a considerable amount of time taking in news from a number of platforms. Radio, television and online, both local and statewide. For the last week there have been three stories, that while very different, have been ever-present in the local news cycles. Power The idea of a customer, or consumer, owned power utility […]
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Intertidal: Know your diatoms
If you don’t know what diatoms are, you can get a little primer by reading last week’s Intertidal. In short, they are tiny single-celled plants that are part of the soup of plankton that lives in the ocean and creates much of its food. Part of this soup is made of plants that produce food […]
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Guest column: Vote no on Question 1 — Protect the Herd!
For some unknown reason, I’ve always liked visiting cemeteries. I’m not quite sure why but walking through a graveyard always brings me a certain peace. I feel a spiritual connection with people who lived many years ago (or very recently depending on the chronology). I imagine their lives, their stories, what life was like during […]
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Ralph Wallace: Purple politics primer
There are Boston Red Sox fans and New York Yankee fans. In New England, except for southern Connecticut, we lean toward the Sox. However, pretty much everyone, regardless of affiliation, loves baseball. In my salad days, I was very involved in coaching basketball at the elite high school and college levels. The competition was fiercely […]
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Carl Golden: Trump-style payback for Bernie
The national Democratic Party is in full panic now, its leaders in a headlong flight like something from a 1950’s sci-fi flick where terrorized townspeople flee a 10-story tall monster crushing cars and flattening buildings. It’s not some Godzilla-like creature risen from the ocean depths. Just a cranky, white-haired 78-year-old socialist from Vermont leading a […]
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Commentary: Out-of-context photos are a powerful low-tech form of misinformation
When you think of visual misinformation, maybe you think of deepfakes – videos that appear real but have actually been created using powerful video editing algorithms. The creators edit celebrities into pornographic movies, and they can put words into the mouths of people who never said them. But the majority of visual misinformation that people […]
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Letters: Support Bernie; No on 1; Is Collins paying attention?
Why I am voting for Bernie My first vote for President was in 1952 when my dad, a staunch Republican, brought home an absentee ballot and stood over me as I sat at the dining table and voted for Eisenhauer. I hope Bernie gets the nomination because I fear for the health of our democracy. […]
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Gov. Mills: Home is where the heart is.
A home is more than brick and beams and wood and maybe a barn and a little yard. Home is where my husband, Stan, and I raised five daughters. Where we sat at the kitchen table paying bills and helping with homework. It’s where we slept safely every night. But for thousands of Maine families, a […]
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Douglas Rooks: Jumping to conclusions about Senate race
Maine’s March 3 presidential primary will consume all the available political air for the next three weeks. After that, the U.S. Senate race featuring Susan Collins’s attempt to win an unprecedented fifth term will take center stage through the June 9 primary election. It will be an interesting show. The candidates, through Dec. 31, have […]