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Lessons from a cruise-ship trip to Portland
They crowd our sidewalks, wearing lobster hats and carrying LL Bean bags, from August through October. We’re told about how their presence is vital to our economy.
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DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 04, 2009
Recalling genocide
Artist Statements
Painter Stephen Koharian has international relations on his mind when he’s in his studio.
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JEFF INGLIS
| November 04, 2009
Heartfelt Thanks
Letters to the Portland Editor, November 6, 2009
I just finished reading the piece Ken Greenleaf wrote about my dear friend of blessed memory, Bob Solotaire.
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PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS
| November 04, 2009
Look for activist postcards on First Friday and beyond
AIDS Art Action
Approximately 1300 people in Maine live with HIV/AIDS, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.
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DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 04, 2009
Suspect speaks; victim’s family begins $1-million-plus lawsuit
Prison Homicide
The widow of Sheldon Weinstein, the Maine State Prison inmate who died in April several days after allegedly being beaten by inmates, has taken the first step toward filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against prison guards, Department of Corrections “policy-making personnel,” and prison medical-care providers.
By
LANCE TAPLEY
| November 04, 2009
Conservation in Copenhagen
Going Green
In about a month, representatives from almost 200 nations will converge on Copenhagen, Denmark, for what could be the most meaningful meeting on climate change, ever.
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DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 04, 2009
All the right wrongs
The 2009 Gaggie Awards for Political Cluelessness
With the end of another campaign season, it’s time to recognize those who may not have been successful in influencing voters, but were clear winners in eliciting derisive snorts.
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AL DIAMON
| November 04, 2009
Our endorsements
Election 2009
Statewide referenda and Portland local races
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 29, 2009
Two candidates for Portland Water District Board of Trustees
Hydro power to the people
Two people are vying for a vacant one-year term on the Portland Water District Board of Trustees. We asked each of them to write a few words about the importance of the water district.
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 28, 2009
Where to go to vote
Poll position
Polling hours November 3, 7 am-8 pm
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 28, 2009
Portland School Committee candidates
District 2 race, with two uncontested seats
While the District 1 and at-large races are uncontested (with a newcomer in the former and a one-term incumbent in the latter), we offer here those candidates’ answers, as well as those of the two candidates vying for the District 2 seat being vacated by Robert O’Brien.
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 28, 2009
Portland City Council candidates 2009
Two uncontested; District 1 seat the only race
While the District 2 and at-large races are uncontested, we offer here those candidates’ answers, as well as those of the candidates vying for the District 1 seat, incumbent Kevin Donoghue and challenger Charles Bragdon.
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 29, 2009
Brokeback Jeter
Balls, Pucks, and Monster Trucks
The game was over, and fans were leaving Fenway.
By
RICK WORMWOOD
| October 28, 2009
Referendum explainer
What you need to know about all the questions you’ll have to answer
There are seven statewide referendum questions on the November 3 ballot.
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PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF
| October 28, 2009
Be afraid
The Dunlap horror
This Halloween, if you want to scare the crap out of your favorite political activist — liberal or conservative — skip the fright mask, fake blood, and glowing green goop.
By
AL DIAMON
| October 29, 2009
Band-Aid for expensive healthcare
Until there's a real solution, use these free and discounted medical services
Until there's a real solution, use these free and discounted medical services
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TANYA WHITON
| October 21, 2009
What I saw at the Revolution
2nd Maine Militia
To signal the start of the 2nd Maine Militia’s final meeting, held recently in Parsonsfield, a small cannon was fired.
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RICK WORMWOOD
| October 21, 2009
The waiting game
Congress is making progress. We think.
We know, we know: Last week, Olympia Snowe made history by being the only Republican in 2009 to vote for any sort of healthcare reform, even in committee-level draft language far from its final form.
By
JEFF INGLIS
| October 21, 2009
Numbers game
Dead heat over Maine's same-sex marriage referendum
If you take a close look at the latest polls, you will find that supporters and opponents of November's same-sex marriage referendum question are locked in a neck-and-neck battle.
By
JEFF INGLIS
| October 21, 2009
Road hog
Bulldozing the Maine Better Transportation Association
You probably live on a lousy road.
By
AL DIAMON
| October 21, 2009
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Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging
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Peter Canellos reinvents Globe ’s editorial page. Plus, Tom Menino’s campaign gets late-breaking help from the Banner and Herald .
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