Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012
Portland march keeping King tradition alive
PORTLAND — As marches go, it wasn’t a particularly big one and, given the timing — a cold January afternoon, not long before sunset — it didn’t attract anything in the way of a crowd.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012
Two teens die in West Paris crash
Family and friends were trying to come to terms Saturday with the deaths of two Oxford County teenagers in a car crash Friday night, a tragedy that police say was attributable partly to alcohol and text messaging.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012
Occupy Maine protesters clean up Portland encampment
PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters cleaned up their Lincoln Park encampment Saturday, pledging to make the park a tidy and welcoming place.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012
Occupy Maine protesters clean encampment
PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters cleaned up their Lincoln Park encampment Saturday, pledging to make the park a tidy and welcoming place.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012
Alcohol, texting lead to teens’ deaths
Family and friends were trying to come to terms Saturday with the deaths of two Oxford County teenagers in a car crash Friday night, a tragedy that police say was attributable partly to alcohol and text messaging.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012
Shelters see record numbers
PORTLAND — When he moved from Burundi in 2010, Dieudonne Nahigombeye’s first home in the United States was Portland’s homeless shelter on Oxford Street.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012
State conservationists say 2011 was great year for land preservation
The Millinocket Forest, 5,061 acres, purchased by the Department of Conservation from land conservationist Roxanne Quimby for $2.1 million, using state and federal funds.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012
Land protection in Maine brings state to 2nd nationally
Clayton Haskell needed land to expand his beef operation at Pleasant River Farm in Windham in order to supply meat to St. Joseph’s College in Standish.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
Polar b-b-bears t-t-take the plunge
PORTLAND — A steel gray sky spitting sleet and rain and temperatures hovering near freezing made the icy waters off East End Beach on Saturday look like the last place any sane person would venture.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011
Mercury recycling program comes under scrutiny
State environmental regulators are urging the Legislature to re-evaluate Maine’s mercury recycling program, after concluding that the state spent more than $2.5 million in the last 10 years to keep just more than 400 pounds of mercury out of the environment.
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