POT: Marijuana advocate Donald Christen shows a jar of marjuana to Skowhegan Deputy Police Chief Dan Summers during the Patriots Day “smoke-in” on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse on Monday, April 15, 2013. The annual practice is a continued effort to draw attention to legalize marijuana. Christen is a medical marijuana patient and […]
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Police investigating Farmington deaths
FARMINGTON — Local and state police, as well as the state Medical Examiner’s Office, are investigating two deaths that occurred overnight on Maple Avenue. Police are not releasing the names of the deceased pending positive identification of the bodies and notification to families. At 1:10 a.m. Monday, Farmington police were called to investigate a possible […]
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ALLEN AFIELD: Salmonid trolling rules after ice-out
Anglers troll worldwide, but in Maine, this technique dominates at ice-out and continues in high gear for at least the next six weeks. Lots of trophy fish come to hand now, too, as evidenced by records in The One That Didn’t Get Away Club — far more big fish than anglers catch in fall.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): MAINE OFFERS A WORLD OF FOOD CHOICES starting with LEMONGRASS
Mainers must be adventurous diners, because we now have many wonderful opportunities to enjoy ethnic foods. At Lemongrass in Brunswick, we discovered delicious Vietnamese cuisine.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “A Study in Revenge” and “Back From Tobruk”
London may have had Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson prowling its foggy streets in 1893, but Portland also had an equally adroit pair of detectives battling arch-villains that year — Perceval Grey and Archie Lean.
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BOOKS: Thriller of a love story
Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben’s 24 novels on best-sellers’ lists.
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BOOKS: ‘No Way Back’ a suspenseful tale
“No Way Back” is the latest high-octane thriller from Andrew Gross, the best-selling author of “15 Seconds.”
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ALLEN AFIELD: Cycling regimen offers fun, benefits
Serious, regular exercising adds to our quality of life, and for me, a bicycling health regimen has everything to recommend it as an aerobic, calorie-burning activity and just plain undeniable joy. What more can we ask than fun while doing something good for us?