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Pingree crusades against military sexual assault

Not In Our Name
Amid a seeming epidemic of military sexual assault — the Pentagon estimates that such incidents have increased 35 percent over the past two years, while at least two military officials assigned to sexual assault prevention units have themselves been charged with inappropriate sexual conduct — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine, is pushing President Barack Obama to "take further action to confront this crisis."
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 23, 2013
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Congress Square's controversial facelift

Urban Development  
The fate of Congress Square Plaza, the hardscaped half-acre on the corner of Congress and High streets, is back on the table, with city officials and downtown stakeholders weighing a new proposal from the hotel developer that wants to buy and build on it.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 23, 2013
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Nostalgic memoir celebrates Drinking with Men

Raise a glass
Every few years, the bar cars on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line (which leads from New York City's Grand Central Station into Connecticut) become endangered by modern-day Puritans who believe commuter trains are inappropriate venues for after-work cocktails. Can you imagine?!  
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 23, 2013
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Maine Women’s Fund awardees are building a new world

Change-makers in our midst
On the surface, they have little in common: An unassuming entrepreneur in her late 50s, an accomplished 38-year-old photojournalist, and a trio of energetic teenagers. But these women do exhibit several shared traits. They are plucky and passionate, clever and unpretentious. They are Mainers. And all five will be honored next Thursday, May 23, at the Maine Women's Fund's annual Leadership Luncheon, which honors those who are making life better for women and girls in this state and beyond.  
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 16, 2013

Union battles continue

Organized labor
An update on the state employees' union's dispute with the governor, plus union organizers' plans for medical-marijuana workers.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 16, 2013

Let it grow

Going green
In addition to its ecological value, the abundant marine resource is also worth money — millions of pounds of rockweed are harvested every year.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 09, 2013

Legislature wades through hundreds of proposals

From silly to serious
Want to know what your elected officials are mulling over? Here is a subjective selection of bills that piqued our interest.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 09, 2013
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Laborers may have a bright future

Unions in Maine
Even as the organized-labor movement continues to falter on the national level, union leaders here in Maine are optimistic about a potential resurgence — or if not that, at least a stanching of the bleeding and an opportunity to prove that pro-union policies are best for local workers and communities.  
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 03, 2013
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When silence speaks volumes

Words off the Page  
On her deathbed, Terry Tempest Williams's mother left her daughter three shelves of cloth-bound journals. When Williams opened them, hoping to find solace as well as perhaps some insight into her mother's soul, all she found was blank pages.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  May 03, 2013

Should companies be able to patent human genes?

Body Politics
Body Politics
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  April 24, 2013

Wind power attacked

Going Green
A recent clash between the state's two top environmental agencies confirms how vigorously Governor Paul LePage's administration opposes onshore wind farms.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  April 10, 2013
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Reworking Pulitzer masterpieces

Classic Remixes
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction will serve as fodder for Pulitzer Remix, an online initiative sponsored by the Found Poetry Review journal as part of National Poetry Month.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  April 04, 2013
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Juggling work and life at Maine’s biggest companies

  Striving for balance
"Work-life balance" is about so much more than working from home; it's about so much more than women "having it all" — or not.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  March 27, 2013
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Portland Underground

Exploring the hidden landscapes below
I am crouching somewhere off Portland's peninsula, an inch of water pooled around my winter boots, a dark tunnel of concrete stretching out in front as well as far behind me.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  March 13, 2013
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Review: Girl Model

The sad world of teenage exploitation
The opening shot of Girl Model, the 2011 documentary exposing the exploitative modeling industry in Russia and Japan, scans a gray and cold Siberian cityscape.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  March 13, 2013

Sands of time

Going Green
Even as gathering signs point to the inevitable construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline through middle America, tar-sands opponents convened in South Portland on Monday night to oppose the transport of that same viscous petroleum product through Maine.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  March 13, 2013
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Examining ‘Seneca, Selma, and Stonewall’

Making History
It will be recalled as the most famous line from President Barack Obama's second inaugural address delivered January 21.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  March 06, 2013
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Brennan takes leading role on school support

Learning for Dollars  
Maine's high school graduation rate has improved by five percentage points in four years, the state Department of Education announced earlier this week.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  February 27, 2013
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Groundfishing in New England faces a bleak present and an uncertain future

Sink or swim?
As recently as 2008, Maine groundfishermen were feeling fairly optimistic.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  February 20, 2013
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How farmers stay busy during the colder months in Maine

A year-round occupation
When we think of farms, fruits and vegetables, and the bounty of the garden, we don't usually think of February — at least not in Maine, and definitely not after a blizzard of historic proportions.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  February 13, 2013
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