Police say speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Apple time just around the corner
Apple-picking time in Maine normally starts around Sept. 9, but the season has begun already this year. When apples ripen, Jolie, my intrepid companion, and I spend part of an afternoon, picking Cortland, McIntosh and sometimes Golden Delicious.
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King right to cite increased R&D funding during Blaine House years
“One of my proudest achievements as governor was significantly increasing state funding to R&D (research and development), which happened in the last 2 or 3 years I was in office.” – Angus King, at a late July town hall event at Husson University in Bangor King can take some credit for this. Research and development […]
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BOOKS: Bruce Wagner’s wickedly funny “Dead Stars” digs into reality of celebrity life
It starts with Telma, a plucky adolescent who’s not only the youngest breast-cancer survivor ever, but quite possibly the most ambitious. She is unceasingly cheerful, a supportive force on the ward, a favorite of her doctors and nurses, and writes “kancer” with a “k” as a way of taking away its power. She has taken her cancer fame as far as it can go, performing at celebrity fundraisers with the likes of Michael Douglas and Beyonce, but she wants more
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Looking into the heart of the GOP candidate
Even on the campaign trail Romney remains his father’s son, but he’s learned from Dad’s political past.
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OUTDOORS: Chain of 5 ponds idyllic for kayaking, catching fish or not
Some 45 miles up scenic Route 27 from Kingfield lies a magical unit of the Maine Public Reserved Lands comprised of five interconnected ponds ideal for kayaking and fishing.
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OUTDOORS: Despite what the compass or GPS says, good plans can always go south
Murphy never met a boat he didn’t like. I’m not a pessimist, just a realist. Spend enough time around boats, and something is bound to go awry.
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OUTDOORS: Maine high in birding
I have written several times in this column about the value and utility of eBird (www.ebird.org). This online resource is a powerful way to share bird sightings with the world at large. eBird can be valuable if you are planning a trip to an unfamiliar location.
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CORRECTION
In publishing a photo of a robbery suspect in a Newport drugstore and a photo of a Jeep being removed from Bond Brook in Augusta, both on page B2 of Saturday’s edition, the newspaper coupled each photo with the story about the other’s subject matter. It was an editing error.