PORTLAND — They’re on the sidewalks, on the streets and in the cracks between the cobblestones.
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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Portland smokers face $100 fine for tossing butts
The city’s ordinance prohibiting littering now includes tobacco products among the trash that can’t be thrown into the public way.
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Blockbusters slowly leaving Maine towns
Three of Blockbuster’s locations in Maine, in South Portland, Westbrook and Lewiston, apparently are on an expanded list of unprofitable video rental stores that the parent company, Dish Network, has decided to close.
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CDC: Outbreak linked to Hannaford beef is over
In its final update, the CDC reports 20 known cases of salmonella infections in Maine and elsewhere. Investigators failed to determine how the beef got contaminated.
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Probe may hit casino PACs
The Maine ethics commission will decide Wednesday whether to probe the campaign finance reports of the political action committees behind a failed proposal to allow a casino in downtown Lewiston.
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Probe may hit casino PACs
The Maine ethics commission will decide Wednesday whether to probe the campaign finance reports of the political action committees behind a failed proposal to allow a casino in downtown Lewiston.
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Huge greenhouse envisioned in Windham
WINDHAM — Standing next to a wooden stake in this rocky soil, John der Kinderen describes his vision for Sebago Farms.
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Colby professor leads charge against Legos
A Colby College professor is helping lead a protest against a new line of Lego products for girls that introduces taller, thinner and bustier characters who like to ride in a “cool convertible” and can “work on their tans” in a splash pool.
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Area women: Latest Lego products send wrong message to girls
A Colby College professor is helping lead a protest against a new line of Lego products for girls that introduces taller, thinner and bustier characters who like to ride in a “cool convertible” and can “work on their tans” in a splash pool.
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Judge: Strip club’s rights weren’t violated
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the city of Westbrook in a lawsuit filed by the owners of Dreamers Cabaret.