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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PublishedNovember 7, 2016
Buxton church preaches peace, compassion in a ‘rotten’ election season
Disturbed by the rancor of the presidential race, the pastor of the North Congregational Church makes easing political tensions a priority.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2016
Maine children’s author Ashley Bryan engages Portland audience
He leads an overflow library crowd in a poetry chant and reads excerpts from his new book, ‘Freedom Over Me.’
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PublishedOctober 30, 2016
Families, friends commemorate Noyes Street fire victims
They gather at Longfellow Park in Portland, down the street from the fatal 2014 fire.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Leading UMaine scientist killed in Antarctica while mapping ice crevasses
Gordon Hamilton, 50, a climate change researcher known around the world, was doing field work when his snowmobile plunged into a split in the ice.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Boat gets loose, hits Mercedes convertible head-on in Arundel
No one is hurt in the Log Cabin Road incident.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2016
Cannabis convention takes over USM gymnasium
Products to produce medical marijuana are featured at a trade show attended by many Question 1 proponents.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2016
At Southern Maine Community College, serving up a brunch to remember
Graduates of the class of 2010 culinary arts program prepare a fundraising meal to honor a classmate who was killed during a home invasion in Texas.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2016
Elephant tranquilizer overdose in York puts police on high alert
A local man was revived with five doses of Narcan after taking carfentanil, police say.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2016
Canadian man rescued from Acadia Park mountain
The 28-year-old hiker was losing blood from a compound femur fracture when park rangers pulled him to safety.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2016
Two dead, four injured in Boothbay house fire
A family had been renting the house to celebrate the 50th birthday of one of the men killed in the fire.
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