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PublishedOctober 16, 2013
Sex offenders, group homes, crime? Augusta is better today than it was in the ‘good old days’
Life on Green Street in the 1970s was no Norman Rockwell painting, and we’ve come a long way in dealing with the city’s — and society’s — problems.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2013
Fiction and real-life: Moose massacre fascinates
Mystery writer Paul Doiron’s new book inspired by the real-life 1999 Soldiertown moose massacre, the unsolved wildlife crime that riveted Maine
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PublishedJuly 3, 2013
No Augusta to Gardiner river ‘race’ any more? Whatever
Celebration of Kennebec River’s cleanup that began in the 1970s eventually had to be cleaned up itself. It was fun while it lasted.
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PublishedJune 5, 2013
Maine’s ATV riders are beginning to feel the love — just a little
In Maine’s four-season, everybody-get-out-and-play culture, no outdoor activity inspires as much passion, both on the love side and the hate side, as ATV riding.
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PublishedMay 1, 2013
Maine’s unsung heroes, the warden service, finally getting their due
The Maine Warden Service was formed in 1880. Its first arrest was of a deer poacher. To many, that’s what wardens still are — the men and women who, under the auspices of the state’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, enforce the state’s game laws.
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PublishedApril 16, 2013
Runners will never feel that pure love again
Most of the thousands upon thousands who have finished the Boston Marathon don’t know the people who lined Boylston Street Monday. They don’t know the people, both runners and spectators, who were maimed or died. But they love them.
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PublishedApril 3, 2013
Forget new-penny shiny. In Maine, we take proud comfort in our green dome
Maine isn’t “cold and harsh.” Just adverse to shiny. That’s why some look askance to “new penny” copper on our familiar old State House dome.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2013
Maine angle in Gardner heist a sour note in a grimy tale
The art stolen from the Gardner wasn’t handled with care; it was ripped from its frames. Treated like loot, not art.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2013
The teachers who inspired us are not Hollywood stuff, they’re better
The passion of teachers sometimes go unnoticed for years but quietly seeps into our daily lives.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013
Even dogs have rock stars
When David Rosenfelt goes to the PetSmart store in Augusta, they’re ready for him. After all, it takes a while to pile 300 pounds of kibble on a cart.
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