BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Airtight” and “Maine Mothers Who Murdered”

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March 28, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Airtight” and “Maine Mothers Who Murdered”

When New Jersey State Police Lieutenant Luke Somers confronts an armed murder suspect, a split-second decision and three fatal gunshots condemn his brother to a slow, agonizing death, and himself to seven days of guilt and desperate action.
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March 28, 2013

BOOKS: Facebook exec urges women to ‘Lean In’

Anyone who makes it to the first page of Sheryl Sandberg's new book, "Lean In," without hearing anything about it deserves some sort of prize. Sandberg's smiling face has been everywhere in the last few weeks. And everyone seems to have an opinion about her book, whether they've read it or not.
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March 28, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Experience Mexico with a Maine flare at Zapoteca

Zapotec was a pre-Columbian culture more than 2,500 years ago. Portland's Zapoteca Restaurante Y Tequileria is a lot more modern, but retains the strong connection to that region of Mexico -- from its decorations to its flavorful and creative Mexican cuisine.
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March 28, 2013

Alejandro Escovedo enjoys trying new things

For 35 years Alejandro Escovedo has been making music. Back at college in a San Francisco punk band The Nuns, then playing guitar in Rank and File and finally forming a roots rock group his brother, Javier, The True Believers. In 1992 he became a solo artist and since that time has released 11 solo albums -- the latest, "Big Station," was released on June 5, 2012, on Fantasy Records. In support of that album he's hitting the road once more with his backing band The Sensitive Boys. They will be at The Strand in Rockland on April 4 (for more information, call 594-0070, ext. 3, or visit rocklandstrand.com). To that end a phone interview was arranged with the rocker from his home in Austin, Texas.
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March 28, 2013

‘Admission’ Makes the wait list

We all love Tina Fey, not just because she's brilliant, but because she's always the same. It's comforting, like going to Mongolia and seeing that golden McDonald's arch as you ride up in your ox cart.

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March 21, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Belfast offers so much, we’ll just have to keep going back

The main street through town drops steeply into the sea, escorted by shops and restaurants that celebrate the best of Maine arts, books, food, fun, hospitality and service. Belfast is where it’s at!
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March 21, 2013

BOOKS: Best seller for the week of March 21

Publishers Weekly best sellers
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March 21, 2013

BOOKS: It’s hard to digest

A can of Coke contains roughly nine teaspoons of sugar. Lunchables were created as a way to revive a flagging interest in bologna. People like chips that snap with about four pounds of pressure per square inch.
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March 21, 2013

BOOKS: Joe Pickett returns in ‘Breaking Point’

In “Breaking Point,” C.J. Box’s 13th thriller featuring Wyoming game warden C.J. Pickett, our hero is still willing to mix it up to protect the wild landscape he loves and the colorful characters who roam it.
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March 21, 2013

Old Fort Western readyfor Maple Syrup Day

AUGUSTA -- Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house museum on the Kennebec River, will host its 20th annual Maple Syrup Day from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Participants can step into the past with the smells and tastes of the 18th century.