Spectacular closing
Well, the Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics didn't disappoint anyone. Spectacular, stunning, exhilerating. Anna Goodale, the gold medal-winning rower from Camden, said, simply, "All I know is that it was absolutely spectacular.'' Now I don't want to give... more
[PressHerald.com 08/24/08]
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Maine job numbers defy downturn
Today we learn that a GE Healthcare subsidiary will close its Sanford plant, throwing 225 people out of work by the end of 2009. The Portland Press Herald has a reporter and photographer on the scene, working on a story.... more
[PressHerald.com 09/24/08]
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Lobster Heaven
I was beyond flabbergasted as a read a recent blog that blithly described the Maine Lobster industry as an 'endangered species'!! If lobstering is dead, than we are in lobster heaven! The author clearly has no knowledge of lobstering or...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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How sweet it is
Sometimes it's a tough sell trying to get your kids to do something that's also interesting to you. But I promise if you say "Hey, let's go to the candy factory," you won't get a fight. And you can indeed...
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[PressHerald.com 09/24/08]
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Live from Farm Aid
8:45 p.m.: John Mellencamp is on stage now, working his way through what strikes me as a fairly pedestrian set. I guess I am just not a big fan of his. Used to be, but I lost interest a few...
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[MaineToday.com 09/20/08]
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Duncan Hunter to campaign for Summers
California Congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter will be in Maine Wednesday to campaign for Republican 1st District Congressional candidate Charlie Summers. Summers is running against Democrat Chellie Pingree for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Tom... more
[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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Farkes update
Maine quarterback Adam Farkes sustained a significant shoulder injury in Saturday's 27-10 upset over Delaware, and may be out of the lineup for a substantial amount of time according to Coach Jack Cosgrove. Cosgrove addressed Farkes' status in Monday morning's...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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Movie time
The movie "Kingpin" is somewhere among Tim Whitehead's collection of DVDs. The Maine hockey coach will dust off the 1996 Woody Harrelson flick tonight and bring it along for the bus trip to Boston's Logan Airport, the first leg of...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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The Monday Fix: Wife Carrying, tech toys and The Late Show
My friends, I've been a bad, bad blogger, this I know. Last week was a hectic one here on the combined NXT/Political Affairs Desk. It's...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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Cora in place of Lowrie
Alex Cora is starting in place of shortstop Jed Lowrie; the only real change in the Red Sox lineup for Game 3 today. The Rays...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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Lowe's thoughts
Congratulations to Jeff Burton for winning Saturday night's race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. I only wish that during the race as he gets close to victory, they didn't show Kim Burton on television as much as they do. They...
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[PressHerald.com 10/13/08]
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The power of newspaper reporting
Staff Writer Kelley Bouchard's recent story about how more than three-quarters of the state's eighth-graders failed the writing portion of the state's Maine Educational Assessment was, in my opinion, an excellent example of watchdog newspaper journalism. In mid-August, the state...
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[PressHerald.com 09/24/08]
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Cheap dates and green movies
An Inconvenient Truth may have raised the bar, winning the Academy Award and all. But there are a whole lot of environmental movies out there....
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[PressHerald.com 09/26/08]
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I'm back
The fishing trip is over....
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[PressHerald.com 10/07/08]
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