RAYMOND — Behind the frozen-in-time boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Maine Historical Society in Portland has a single file on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s life on Sebago Lake.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Plane in fatal crash featured in documentaries for safe design
Julie Tate heard the buzz of her husband’s 1946 Stinson Voyager outside their home in Durham late Sunday morning. As usual, she took the dogs outside to wave as he circled overheard.
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Durham doctor in crash
Julie Tate heard the buzz of her husband’s 1946 Stinson Voyager outside their home in Durham late Sunday morning. As usual, she took the dogs outside to wave as he circled overheard.
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Pilot in fatal crash identified as Maine doctor
Louis Hanson, a longtime doctor of osteopathic medicine in Cumberland, practiced at Mercy Yarmouth Medical Center.
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$3.7 million in damages for woman
Tracey Neild of Waldoboro was pleased to learn Friday that a judge had awarded her $3.7 million in damages for what she suffered when her throat was slashed and her friend was killed in an attack in 2009.
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Waldoboro attack victim awarded $3.7M
Tracy Neild’s lawyer acknowledges that she may not be able to collect the damages, but ‘we felt it’s important that they don’t get away with it.’
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Benjamin Pollard comfortable in the middle
PORTLAND — Benjamin Pollard knows he sometimes sounds like a Republican. That’s why he believes he’s the best Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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Venus to pass sun, but clouds could spoil fun
There aren’t too many people on Earth today who will be around to see Venus pass by the sun again after Tuesday.
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Election 2012: Pollard a moderate, idealist
The Yale-educated business owner says those qualities and others would make him an effective U.S. senator.
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Pollard: “Nominating me would be a big step in the right direction”
PORTLAND — Benjamin Pollard knows he sometimes sounds like a Republican. That’s why he believes he’s the best Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.