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May you and Portlandia be very happy together!

Thanks to Portlandia I now know way too much about you guys and your grody inner lives. It's not the show itself — it doesn't have that power. It's your horrifying enthusiasm for the show that has granted me this mirror.
O! Lucky you!
By CHRIS BRAIOTTA | February 17, 2012

Maine's donkey party loves the rich and the poor — but can't protect both

In the current legislative fight over Republican Governor Paul LePage's lust to slash Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) programs because of a $221-million shortfall in its budget, Democrats say over and over that they want to protect the po
Two-faced Democrats
By LANCE TAPLEY | February 17, 2012

A weekend in Maine's North Woods teaches lessons beyond survival

Tim Smith doesn't think the apocalypse is coming. He's not into high-tech gadgets or high-drama, made-for-TV survival situations.
Woman versus Wild
By DEIRDRE FULTON | February 10, 2012

Will the next Keystone fight happen in New England?

We may have narrowly avoided Keystone XL (for now), but local environmental activists say that Maine and New England are not safe from "the dirtiest oil on earth," with a huge Canadian oil company seeking other routes to pump crude oil out of Alberta.
Dirty business
By DEIRDRE FULTON | February 10, 2012

No matter how you get fresh food, you can get it

Even with Maine's short growing season, farmers all over the state are working to accommodate the needs of their customers who want to eat locally year-round.
No excuses
By AMY ANDERSON | February 03, 2012

Don't let them take control

There are worse things than Maine's antiquated system of county government.
Maine's counties
By AL DIAMON | January 27, 2012

Will Ron Paul try for a win in Maine?

Maine Republicans are gearing up for this state's presidential caucuses, scheduled for February 4-11 this year.
Primary School
By DEIRDRE FULTON | January 20, 2012

Brian Zink, Marisa Martino, and Robin Mandel

Zink's new show, "Assembled" at Howard Yezerski Gallery (460 Harrison Ave, Boston, through February 7), features handsome, hard-edged abstractions assembled from mod, jitterbugging patterns of flat Plexiglass tiles.
By design
By GREG COOK | January 13, 2012

Small potatoes

There are too many ridiculous college football bowl games to really care about unless your alma mater plays in one.
Balls, pucks and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 30, 2011

#Occupy Media

The tent villages of the Occupy movement — including those here in Maine — are excellent visual reminders of, and ever-present embodiments of, the social- and economic-justice challenges that our society faces.
Press Releases
By JEFF INGLIS | December 16, 2011

Eat like the 1 percent

Maine has some pretty amazing chefs and restaurants — many using our local bounty as raw materials for their incredible creations.
. . . but on a 99-percenter’s budget
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 09, 2011

Augusta occupiers show a political way to spring

The recent act of nonviolent civil disobedience by nine middle-aged and older Occupy Augusta supporters — arrested for refusing to leave the governor's mansion grounds — opens a new phase in Maine's Occupy movement.
‘Occupy the Capitol!’
By LANCE TAPLEY | December 02, 2011

The poetry of tough decisions

Nationally acclaimed poet Arielle Greenberg and her husband had a marriage license and a death certificate (of a baby that died in utero) from Belfast town hall, but until this summer, they still lived full-time in Chicago, where Greenberg taught poe
Writers talk
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 02, 2011

Portland group asks city to create free-speech zone

As officials continue to pressure Maine's Occupy campsites in Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, the Portland Occupation is pushing back.
Occupy Watch
By JEFF INGLIS | December 02, 2011

Reducing solitary confinement

Installed by conservative Republican Governor Paul LePage last winter, Maine's new corrections commissioner, Joseph Ponte, 64, immediately set about reforming the prison system.
Exclusive Interview: How Maine’s corrections commissioner dropped supermax numbers by 70 percent . . . and became a national leader in prison reform (if anybody follows)
By LANCE TAPLEY | October 29, 2011

Mayors, media, masses

Portland's 15 mayoral candidates are missing an opportunity to connect with the people, both directly and through the media, by failing to publicize their support for OccupyMaine.
Press Releases
By JEFF INGLIS | October 21, 2011

Celebrate local craft breweries during Maine Beer Week

You might want to tell your boss now that you'll probably have some foggy mornings in mid-November, but only because you're supporting local business.
Party like a brewer
By LEISCHEN STELTER | October 14, 2011

Documentary films get some love at a great Maine festival

We've all had that irritating waitress who, asked what she'd suggest on the menu, answers cheerily, "Everything is great!" Thanks for the help — and what credibility!
Hello, Camden!
By GERALD PEARY | October 07, 2011

Maine sneaker-maker could provide military footwear

As the only remaining manufacturer of athletic shoes in the United States — with three factories in Maine and two in Massachusetts — New Balance wants government assurance that military servicemembers wear American-made sneakers, not ones that are made
Born in the USA
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 23, 2011

Inside the TEDxDirigo conference

I arrived at TEDxDirigo on September 10 feeling rather less than confident about the state of world. The tenth anniversary of 9/11 — and the awful decade that unspooled from that sky-blue morning — was on my mind.
Big ideas for Maine
By MIKE MILIARD | September 10, 2011

Drawing a line

Remain calm. You've probably heard that a special commission has failed to reach bipartisan agreement on a plan to redraw the boundary between Maine's two congressional districts in order to make their populations as close to equal as possible. Don't p
Bipartisan agreement
By AL DIAMON | September 09, 2011

Before Irene, the Hurricane of ’38

The winds kicked up near the West African coast and shot across the Atlantic Ocean. Two weeks later, they barreled past Puerto Rico and turned north.
Calamities
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 02, 2011

Green light for Maine’s biggest dispensary company

It'll be a while before Portlanders with doctor's orders for medical marijuana have a local dispensary, but Northeast Patients Group may open its first facility in Thomaston in the next couple of weeks.
Marijuana Watch
By JEFF INGLIS | September 02, 2011

Blues beyond pie

Here, a look at some blueberry characters and concerns.
A closer look at Maine's most famous fruit
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 02, 2011

Spreading Maine ideas

"Innovation is part of Maine's legacy and DNA." So says Adam Burk, executive director of TEDxDirigo, the independent group working to create a local TED conference for Mainers.
Talking TED
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 26, 2011

School reform comes to Maine

Of all the conservative policies pushed through in the wake of Maine's Republican takeover last year, there is one on which the right and left may be able to find common ground.
What we know, and what we have yet to learn, about changing education
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 19, 2011

Dirty money

As I walked down the corridors of the Ralph Owen Brewster Hospice for Decaying Political Ideals, there were no indications of despair, pain, or misery.
In memory of Brewster
By AL DIAMON | August 05, 2011

Getting Celtic on the coast

Ask Randy Labbe what Celtic music sounds like and you're likely to get a fair amount of hemming and hawing.
Fiddle me this
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 22, 2011

Four-hour showstoppers and Malcolm McDowell come to Waterville

Boasting a high-profile selection of archival prints and to-be-buzzed-about small films, the 14th Maine International Film Festival begins on Friday and runs through July 24 at locations in Waterville, primarily HQ Railroad Square Cinema. Herein, a guid
Into the Woods
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 15, 2011

The secret's out

Need free health care? Why not just go to prison?
Toontime
By MATT BORS | July 15, 2011

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