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DEIRDRE FULTON
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A weekend in Maine's North Woods teaches lessons beyond survival
Woman versus Wild
Tim Smith doesn't think the apocalypse is coming. He's not into high-tech gadgets or high-drama, made-for-TV survival situations.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| February 10, 2012
Will the next Keystone fight happen in New England?
Dirty business
We may have narrowly avoided Keystone XL (for now), but local environmental activists say that Maine and New England are not safe from "the dirtiest oil on earth," with a huge Canadian oil company seeking other routes to pump crude oil out of Alberta.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| February 08, 2012
Local adjunct professors fight for their piece of the pie
Coming to the table
Even as Governor Paul LePage and others tout the importance of the community college system in Maine, the adjunct professors at Southern Maine Community College and the University of Southern Maine are without contracts.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| January 25, 2012
Truth to power
Going Green
It's the end of the world as we know it in author and environmental journalist Bill McKibben's latest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (St. Martin's Griffin).
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| January 18, 2012
Will Ron Paul try for a win in Maine?
Primary School
Maine Republicans are gearing up for this state's presidential caucuses, scheduled for February 4-11 this year.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| January 18, 2012
Food sovereignty goes to court
Removing local control
The state is pursuing a lawsuit against a Blue Hill farmer that could have "a chilling effect on Maine's growing local food movement and the promise of real economic development in our rural communities," according to the Downeast activist organization Food for Maine's Future.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| January 11, 2012
Cut calories in the New Year
Getting healthy
Several Portland restaurants will offer menu items at the price of their calorie count on Tuesday, January 3 — a nod toward the city's obesity prevention initiative and recent efforts to get local, non-chain eateries to provide nutrition information to their diners.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| December 28, 2011
Greenwashing?
Going green
Governor Paul LePage dealt a blow to Maine's green building industry earlier this month when he issued an executive order expanding the types of "green" wood products that can be used in state building construction.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| December 21, 2011
Congress gives us all detention
Rights watch
The $662 billion military spending bill expected to go before both houses of Congress later this week includes controversial provisions allowing the US military to arrest and indefinitely detain, without trial, anyone suspected of terrorism-related crimes, including American citizens.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| December 14, 2011
Eat like the 1 percent
. . . but on a 99-percenter’s budget
Maine has some pretty amazing chefs and restaurants — many using our local bounty as raw materials for their incredible creations.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| December 07, 2011
Arrive with these locally sourced hostess gifts
Make Emily Post proud
'Tis the season of not wanting to show up to holiday parties emptyhanded.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| December 07, 2011
Interview: Sam Benjamin brings his history to SPACE Gallery
Sam Benjamin brings his history to SPACE Gallery
Soon after Brown University graduate Sam Benjamin moved to southern California in 1999, he started a website called jewishcheerleaders.com — an online journal about his nascent career in the porn industry.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 30, 2011
The poetry of tough decisions
Writers talk
Nationally acclaimed poet Arielle Greenberg and her husband had a marriage license and a death certificate (of a baby that died in utero) from Belfast town hall, but until this summer, they still lived full-time in Chicago, where Greenberg taught poetry at Columbia College.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 30, 2011
Maine's cohousing movement gains ground
Why don't we live together?
An architect, a professor, a dentist, and a teacher. Children as young as six and retirees in their 60s and 70s. Musicians and massage therapists and artists; Mainers and folks from away. All living together, sharing common space.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 23, 2011
Seeds of evil
Going green
A Maine farmer, backed by 275,0000 like-minded individuals, has found himself at the forefront of a fight against the most dastardly figure in agriculture: the seed and biotechnology company Monsanto, which to some represents everything that is wrong with farming today.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 23, 2011
What we learned from the race
Mayoral Aftermath
As of last Tuesday, Portland has its first elected mayor in many decades; Michael Brennan will take office December 5 and serve a four-year term.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 16, 2011
The future of contraception
Men's birth-control role may increase; women will get more options
Whether your interest is personal — Get me off these hormones! — or policy-related — Global population is growing too fast! — the matters discussed at last month's Future of Contraception Initiative conference in Seattle matter to you.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 09, 2011
Men's birth-control role may increase; women will get more options
The future of contraception
Whether your interest is personal — Get me off these hormones! — or policy-related — Global population is growing too fast! — the matters discussed at last month's Future of Contraception Initiative conference in Seattle matter to you.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 09, 2011
Obama responds to the 99 percent
Band-aids or benefits?
In announcements that could be interpreted as gifts to the Occupy movement, President Barack Obama recently introduced three measures to help struggling students, veterans, and homeowners.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| November 09, 2011
Who will be mayor?
Q&A with the 15 candidates looking for your vote
A Portland Election Special.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| October 26, 2011
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Tar Sands fight comes to Maine
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