Concert Preview: Now’s your chance to see Now, Now

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August 9, 2012

Concert Preview: Now’s your chance to see Now, Now

One of the featured groups performing on Saturday, Aug. 11 is a trio based in Minneapolis, Minn., called Now, Now. What makes this band one to watch is the fact that one of the three members is a Maine native: Jess Abbott (guitar, vocals), who hails from Kittery and was in a couple of groups here.
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August 9, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): WINGS HILL INN: Elegant dining close to home

It’s hard to believe we missed this gem just 10 minutes from our house for all these years, or that we first heard about Wings Hill Inn and Restaurant in Belgrade Lakes from our friend Wende Gray over in Bethel! The inn and restaurant turn out to be well-known to patrons of fine dining and comfortable lodging. And now that we’ve experienced it, we’ll become regulars!
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August 9, 2012

J.P. DEVINE: ‘SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED’ could have been better with the right cast

Gertrude Stein was right about Oakland, Calif., when she famously said, “There is no there there.” The same can be said about filmmakers Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s venture, “Safety Not Guaranteed.”
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August 9, 2012

Obscure James M. Cain story published

NEW YORK (AP) -- With its scent of sex, booze and despair, James M. Cain's "Mommy's a Barfly" should seem familiar to fans of the crime writer.
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August 9, 2012

BOOKS: Author releases memoir of adoption

Carol Lillieqvist Welsh was adopted at the age of 6 months by what seemed like model parents, but her childhood became harsher and more cruel with each passing year. Thrown out of her house at 16, life became a roller coaster of temporary homes, fleeting relationships, and an unwanted pregnancy. Years after surrendering her child, Carol married and adopted a daughter, yet she never gave up on her search to trace her own roots and find the true meaning of family and identity, as stated in a news release.

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August 9, 2012

BOOKS: Drones attack in ‘Kill Decision’

Push a button and an unmanned aerial drone can fly hundreds of miles to hit a specific military target. Sometimes they miss their target by a tiny fraction and the collateral damage results in civilian casualties. Daniel Suarez's new thriller, "Kill Decision," asks what would happen if artificial intelligence could acquire a target without any human involvement. Suarez examines this possibility, mixing in hard science to deliver the authenticity necessary for a terrifyingly real scenario.
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August 9, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Ripper’ tense and terrifying

The Event Group is the most top-secret organization in the United States. Only the president is authorized to know of its existence. The group works without oversight and has total autonomy. But in "Ripper," David L. Golemon's latest thriller to feature the elite team, the Event Group is about to be exposed and destroyed.
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August 9, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Bloodline’ is filled with action and thrills

Cutting-edge science and political intrigue are mixed with action and thrills in "Bloodline," the latest Sigma Force novel from James Rollins.
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August 9, 2012

BOOKS: ‘The Kings of Cool’ new prequel to popular ‘Savages’

BY OLINE H. COGDILL Sun Sentinel THE KINGS OF COOL By Don Winslow Simon & Schuster 320 pages, $25 Don Winslow’s brash 2010 novel “Savages” finally moved this talented author from a cult-like status to the mainstream. Winslow’s 13th novel featured an action-packed plot loaded with fringe characters, brutality and gallows humor that neither glorified […]
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August 3, 2012

‘Where Do We Go Now?’ Follow the women

It begins with the strains of Mid-Eastern music. A group of women, young and old, all dressed in black like a Greek chorus or a bevy of Sicilian widows, kicking up dust with their feet, moves up the road toward the camera. As the credits roll, they plod forward, and then slowly, as if channeling a modern Bob Fosse dance, they sway and bob, dip and twist to the music. It's haunting, funereal and mesmerizing. Before a line is spoken, we know where we are and we cannot leave.