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The secret world of USM’s Blade Society

Anything but ‘mundane’
It's a Tuesday night at the University of Southern Maine gym and Rob Tupper is leading a small group of fencing students through an exercise that looks like a cross between a line dance and an army drill.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 16, 2012

Reviving the electric car

Transport Revolution
Electric cars — ones that are completely rechargeable and use no gasoline — are now available in Maine, in addition to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and traditional hybrids, both of which boast higher fuel-efficiency than conventional cars.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 16, 2012

Shipping news

Going Green
The loss of the nascent container-ship line in Portland's harbor last week was not just a blow to the city's desired reputation as a shipping hub — but also to the environment.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 09, 2012

Richard Russo pairs with his artist daughter

Marrying story + art
When the biggest news in the literary community is that the federal Department of Justice is suing Apple and five major publishing houses for fixing prices of e-books, or that the Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to exactly no one this year, it's easy to wonder whether we're getting away from the primary purpose of writing, and reading, books.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 02, 2012

What’s really behind high gas prices

Priming the Pump
Fingers crossed that we've seen the worst of it — analysts say gas prices won't go any higher than the April 6 peak of $3.94 per gallon — but filling up your tank this summer is still going to cost a big chunk of change.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 02, 2012

Inside Maine's mouth

The state's decaying dental health
Last summer, 29-year-old "Jane," who lives in Portland, had a serious problem involving an "old root canal gone wrong."

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 03, 2012

Female Dems could help take back the State House

Political Machinery
More than 25 alumnae and board members of Emerge Maine, the political training program for Democratic women in the state, are running for office in 2012. This is good news for both women and Democrats in Maine.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 18, 2012

Best in Eco-Show

Going Green
In this week's paper, we honor the Best that Portland has to offer, and I'll do so here as well.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 11, 2012

With a Biddeford bout on the slate, MMA is here to stay

Fighting Maine
"I always knew Maine was full of fighting fans," Rumford state representative Matt Peterson says over lunch one day in March. "We're a fighting state, anyway."

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 04, 2012

Youth-led projects generate excitement around the state

Launching Maine
Five community projects are vying for a $500 grand prize that will be awarded to one finalist at the League of Young Voters' Launch Maine party this Friday evening.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 04, 2012

Maine writer plays with parapsychology in her latest novel

Head inside
Of all the fantastical characters who populate the paranormal literary landscape, psychics might be the most relatable.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 28, 2012

Gov’s proposal: punish needy and local taxpayers

Helping hands?
Proposed cuts to the state-mandated General Assistance program, which serves as an emergency resource for individuals who have exhausted all other options (applicants must demonstrate need and have liquidated all accounts in order to qualify), threaten to shift costs to Portland taxpayers and increase the city's "service center" burden, according to Mayor Michael Brennan.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 28, 2012

Get into the garden

Going green
As the city considers expanding its community garden program, Portland has the opportunity to delve deeper into urban permaculture ("permanent agriculture") — building ecological systems that model nature, with plants that work together with minimal maintenance to create self-sustaining biodiversity, on city land.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 14, 2012

City to revisit its late-night venue policies

After Party
Stock up on Red Bull: It might soon become more possible to stay out past 1 o'clock in the morning in Portland (without being crammed into someone's house party).

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 14, 2012

Vocational education opens new opportunities for all students

Blue collar girls
Walk around the cavernous "hard trades" wing of the Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) — which houses the auto-mechanic, carpentry, and welding programs, among others — and you're bound to witness a hubbub of activity, the bubbling-over energy of teenagers at work, the industrial sounds and smells of machinery and tools.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 07, 2012

A non-traditional career pioneer lives right here in Maine

Paving the way
Dale McCormick knows this fight.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 07, 2012

Telling Jessie's story

The soul inside
Julie Ross didn't always plan to blog about her experience as the mother of a 10-year-old transgender child named Jessie (who, until her 10th birthday in 2011, was known as George).

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 05, 2012

The second installment of a thriving Maine literary journal

Mixing old and New
Volume Two of The New Guard literary review is 140 pages longer than its predecessor, as though its creators decided to demonstrate its growing relevance by gleefully stuffing it with more material.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 22, 2012

Get in on the TV Show action

Lights, camera, action!
Each episode of TV Show, the multimedia collaboration between Bomb Diggity Arts and Shoot Media Project (itself a part of Creative Trails, a community support program for adults with intellectual disabilities), explores a diverse range of topics.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 22, 2012

Seeking redemption

Going green
Since 2006, CLYNK has been recycling bottles and cans at its South Portland plant (more than 270 million, according to the ticking counter on its website), allowing customers to accumulate balances in personal accounts that can be redeemed for cash or donated to education and charity organizations.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 15, 2012

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

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

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 10, 2012

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