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Look out for 'bath salts'

Bad trips
Watch out for "bath salts" — a new synthetic drug that's been on the Maine market for less than a year but has wreaked havoc in that time.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 27, 2011

Portland’s medical-pot prognosis: Keep patients waiting

Stoned-walling
The bloom is off the buds, that's for sure.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 20, 2011

Portland's neighborhood prosecutor cleans up the city

Sweating the small stuff
When Portland Police Chief James Craig announced at a June 28 press conference that he was leaving the city to become Cincinnati's chief, he took a moment to list what he considered to be the highlights of his two-year tenure.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 13, 2011

Pingree advocates for raped veterans, gets results

Clearing red tape
The Department of Veterans' Affairs is taking steps to ensure that military sexual-assault and rape survivors have less of a hard time getting the benefits they deserve, according to US Representative Chellie Pingree, who represents Southern Maine in Washington, DC.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 13, 2011

A rose for Charlie, in song

In Memoriam
On July 7, 1984, three teenagers threw 23-year-old Charlie Howard off of the State Street Bridge in Bangor.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 06, 2011

Entering the ring

Going green
Environmental advocate Jon Hinck, a lawyer and a state representative, is "seriously considering" a run against Republican US Senator Olympia Snowe in 2012, he told the Phoenix this week.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 06, 2011

Fighting fire with smokescreens

Training day
I could barely see my own hands through the darkness and thick smoke — but I could hear.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 29, 2011

Keep your money in Maine

What banking locally can do for you, for the state, and for the overall economy
You're short on cash. Local businesses are short on cash. But you probably didn't know that even your local bank is short on cash.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 29, 2011

Higher education, with joint enrollment

Summer school
When he's teaching pot-growing classes at places like the Ramada convention center in Saco, Ray Logan doesn't use actual marijuana plants for demonstration — he substitutes basil or pepper plants, whatever's available that day from High Tech Garden Supply.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 15, 2011

Wanna get away?

Maine retreats offer a chance to recharge and reconnect — with yourself, your partner, or the spiritual world
Believe it or not, there are some people who seek to "get" something out of their vacations beyond a sunburn and a souvenir mug.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 15, 2011

Review: Wretches and Jabberers

Documentary searches for the heart of autism
Imagine having as much inside you — thoughts, feelings, desires, needs — as you really do, but being unable to express them.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 08, 2011

Killing ethanol

Going green
Estimates vary, but it's safe to say that restaurants, institutions (such as colleges or hospitals), and municipalities waste tons of food every year; last September, a group of students at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor noticed that such waste was happening all around them.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 17, 2011

Letting our imaginations run wild

Patent pending
There was a priceless article in last week's Portland Press Herald about the "Platter Ensemble," a new "invention" — a slotted plate that fits over a deep-dish platter in order to catch the juices that sometimes squirt out of a freshly cracked lobster.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 18, 2011

Sipping from the bottom up

Going green
This growing season, get rid of that watering can.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 12, 2011

The League ReEmerges

Annual Events
What better way to explain an electoral system (or anything, really) than by using cupcakes?

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 12, 2011

Author sees poetry and prose through the trees

Planting Seeds
The plan was simple, if nerdy: New York novelist and English teacher Richard Horan would visit the historic sites and childhood homes of famous authors (along with some notable historical and cultural figures).

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 10, 2011

Free our food

Small farmers demand independence from agrobusiness industry rules
"From farm to table" isn't just a meaningless foodie slogan anymore. It's the rallying cry for the smallest of small-scale farming operations in Maine, which are fighting against what they consider to be burdensome state and federal regulations.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 04, 2011

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