Portland (Maine)

Medical pot finds social outlet

At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green...

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Too much cheer? They'll get you home

By MICHAEL COUSINEAU New Hampshire Union Leader Staff 7 hours, 56 minutes ago MANCHESTER – For many, Thanksgiving eve marks the unofficial kickoff to holiday parties and reunions with friends at local bars. Matt Despins is...

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Fish movements in North Atlantic may soon change what's for dinner

Expenses rise as many species shift to colder, deeper waters By CLARKE CANFIELD • Associated Press • November 22, 2009 PORTLAND, Maine -- Fishermen have known for years that they have had to steam farther and farther from shore...

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Teacher's aide brings bagged gun

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Police Chief James Craig says he will ask prosecutors to bring charges against a teacher’s aide who brought a handgun into a school last week. The woman told officials at the Riverton Community School...

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Metal and Hardcore Round-Up (11/21/09)

Posted by: Alex DiVincenzo (11/21/09) Head to the replies to read this week's metal and hardcore music round-up. Tour Dates Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand, and Forfeit will be touring together: 1/1 Syracuse, NY @ TBA 1/2 Boston,...

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Worcester, Fitchburg win grant competition

PORTLAND, Maine — The TD Charitable Foundation announced today that Worcester and Fitchburg are among the 56 winners of its annual “Housing for Everyone” grant competition. Award winners will receive a total of $2 million in...

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Seth Yacovone: Post-Phish 11/29

SETH YACOVONE BAND TO PLAY PORTLAND, ME FOLLOWING PHISH 11/29 SHOW Seth Yacovone Seth Yacovone Band will return to Portland, ME for the first time in five years. They will be playing the Port City Music Hall on November 29...

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New Rules: Support Your Local Economy

Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher with the New Rules Project at the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ISLR), an organization started in 1974 to work with citizens, activists, policy makers and entrepreneurs to help...

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Maine author wins National Book Award for account of young civil rights pioneer

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with him when he ac...

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Wyndham Hotels Offer Free Bath & Body Works Hand Sanitizers to Fight Flu (Marketwire)

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has teamed up with Bath & Body Works� to fight the flu and colds by distributing complimentary bottles of the retailer's PocketBac(TM) Deep Cleansing Hand Gel to arriving...

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