TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Sporting camp adventure awaits in the North Woods

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April 5, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Sporting camp adventure awaits in the North Woods

This is high-end comfort at reasonable prices, just the type of adventure that many of today’s travelers seek. Good food, historic camps, in the heart of the 100-mile wilderness.
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April 5, 2012

BOOKS: ‘By Blood’: Gripping mystery, unwelcome guest

By Blood By Ellen Ullman Farrar, Straus & Giroux , $27 “By Blood,” a literary inquiry into identity and legacy, is a gripping mystery — remarkable, considering that little more happens than a man eavesdrops on a woman’s therapy sessions taking place next door. That man is a professor who has been placed on leave […]
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April 5, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Wild’: On the trail, hiker battles pain of loss — and the feet

Before I read “Wild,” I had never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail. Now I want to hike it.
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April 5, 2012

BOOKS: Film director offers life advice

Film director and comic-book geek extraordinaire Kevin Smith dispenses wisdom in his new book, a touching reflection on his life and career.
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April 5, 2012

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of April 5

Publishers Weekly best-selling books

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April 5, 2012

BOOKS: ‘The Dead Witness’ focuses on early mystery writers

An excellent collection of short stories culled from the 19th-century popular press, “The Dead Witness” by Michael Sims shines a light on long-forgotten “mystery” writers such as Wilkie Collins, Alexandre Dumas Sr., Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.
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April 5, 2012

Rustic Overtones to take stage at Mainely Brews

Maine has quite a few bands that have received national attention, but probably one of the most famous is Rustic Overtones. The group is made up of seven artists: Dave Gutter, Jon Roods, Ryan Zoidis, Tony McNaboe, Jason Ward, Dave Noyes and Nigel Hall. Their albums include "New Way Out," which is a 13-track CD that takes the listener on a journey of depth and intricacies unlike anything they've ever done before.
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April 5, 2012

‘Thin Ice’ has breaking point

When we first meet Micky Prohaska (Greg Kinnear), he's sitting at a grass shack bar in a tropical resort having a drink. Whatever happened before this is the reason he's here, and as he stares into the sky, his voice gives us the opening, and we know it will follow us throughout the film. This is, after all, Mickey Prohaska's story.
Published
March 29, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Mainers are surrounded by great art, theater, music and writing

Maine is awash in great art, theater, music and writing. Recent trips to the Portland Museum of Art and the new Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington reminded us of this.
Published
March 29, 2012

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Summer of the Disco King,’ ‘Early Wings Over Maine’

Bucksport author Jane Harvey Meade declares that her debut mystery novel will appeal to women of all ages, but she is wrong. Surely female readers will like this story — but male readers will enjoy it, too.