The festival was started in 2009 to promote comic books and give the public an opportunity to meet the creative talent behind them.
May 2013
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Oversight of Maine restaurants diminishes, just as complaints rise
Maine’s guidelines for overseeing restaurant safety were quietly scaled back last year, even as the number of health-related complaints about Maine restaurants has been on the rise. An investigation by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram has found that restaurant kitchens in Maine are subject to fewer inspections and less transparency than restaurants in much […]
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Maine Turnpike toll hike pays off
Six months in, revenue has increased by 16 percent even though traffic has dropped by 4 percent.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE BASEBALL: USM moves on to final
HARWICH Mass. — Sam Dexter’s second home run of the day supported two remarkable pitching performances by Andrew Richards and pulled the University of Southern Maine back from the brink of elimination in the NCAA Division III New England baseball tournament.
Posted inNews
Why do failure rates vary across the state?
Insiders say a code is applied uniformly to inspect eateries, but using ‘common sense’ can still make results subjective.
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Maine inspection rule among least restrictive in U.S.
But with recent cuts to health departments, rules may not reflect what’s happening.
Posted inLifestyle
Alone and aimless doesn’t mean suicidal
Dear Annie: My 22-year-old son, “Nick,” spends most of his time playing video games. He was fired from several jobs last year because he stopped showing up for them. We had no idea.
Posted inOpinion
Make health law sign-up simpler with easy forms
As a central part of President Barack Obama’s health care law, Americans soon will be able to obtain insurance through federal exchanges. But how, exactly, will people apply for coverage?
Posted inCelebrations
Verna and Clifton Hammond
BELGRADE — Clifton (Skip) and Verna Hammond celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at Young’s Lobster Pound in Belfast with their family.
Posted inOpinion
Taxpayers subsidize CEO salaries with ‘performance pay’ loophole
Laurence Fink, the 60-year-old CEO of Wall Street money manager BlackRock Inc., wants the retirement age raised to 70. In one TV interview, he explained that we could all wait a few more years before collecting Social Security because most of us have jobs where we just “sit around.”