Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2018
Portland neighborhood transformed by music in Porchfest celebration
Dozens of bands perform along streets in Deering Center at the annual community gathering.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2018
Hundreds of Portland residents attend forum on proposed homeless shelter
But the session appears to do little to allay the concerns of those who don’t want the facility in the Nason’s Corner neighborhood.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
In midst of Woodfords Corner ‘maelstrom,’ 55-hour street shutdown to test residents and businesses
A section of Forest Avenue near the busy intersection will be closed for railway crossing improvements from Friday afternoon to Monday. It’s the neighborhood’s biggest challenge yet.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2018
Fire damages elderly apartment complex in Bath
About a half-dozen tenants will not be able to return to their apartments.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2018
Controversial Swanville farmer steps down from co-op
Jerry Ireland had earlier resigned as CEO of United Farmer Veterans of Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2018
Two Canadians rescued off Eastport after their boat catches fire
The aquaculture workers, paddling on a life raft, are picked up by the Maine Marine Patrol in Passamaquoddy Bay.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2018
Crew chief with famed Tuskegee Airmen to be buried
James Sheppard Jr., a former resident of Westbrook and South Portland who died Aug. 19, was a member of the military’s first black aviation unit.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2018
Bill Cohen fondly remembers his longtime friend John McCain
The former Maine senator and secretary of defense struck up a friendship 40 years ago with the future Arizona senator.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2018
Collins recalls greeting troops with McCain in Bangor
In 2010, the Arizona senator and some of their colleagues were stranded overnight there because of bad weather while they were en route to a conference in Nova Scotia.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2018
Mold shuts down dormitory at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland
About 60 students living there were relocated Sunday so officials could conducts tests and seek housing alternatives should a quick fix elude them.
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