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East Boothbay, ME

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Published April 15, 2010 at 10:47 a.m.

Some photos from this morning. A bit of the coastline, down the road from my niece's house: One of my niece's neighbors, in what locals call the Mushroom House:They've been replacing a water main down the main thoroughfare for months now. The road wasn't all that great to begin with, but now it's like a mine field: A resident of East Boothbay apparently chose to express his dissatisfaction with ...

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Winter Solstice

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Published Dec. 21, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.

(UPDATE: Thank you everyone for pointing out my error; it's not "solstace", I get it! The spell checker doesn't function in the title field I guess)First day of Winter, so CT Joyce & I took in a little early morning cross-country skiing ... For the shortest day of the year, it was nice and sunny ... The snow did soften up a bit towards late morning, so we made our first ski outing of the season a ...

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You’ll Be Stone Dead in a Moment

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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.

Aftet last week’s Quinnipiac Poll revealed continued weakness in Sen. Chris Dodd’s public standing, some commentators are reviving a drumbeat that began earlier in the year by suggesting that Mr. Dodd should strike his colors and depart the field of political battle before things get worse. The Hartford Courant picked up this meme in an editorial today:The senator has not [ ... ] ...

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New Democrat Running for Gov?

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 7:31 p.m.

Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi will be forming an exploratory committee to examine a gubernatorial bid, according to the AP.Rudy Marconi has scheduled four news conferences around the state Monday to discuss his plans to form a gubernatorial exploratory committee. He’s holding the events in Ridgefield, Naugatuck, New London and Mansfield.The Democratic field of potential Governors [ ... ] ...

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McMahon Plays the Field with Campaign Cash

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Published Sept. 20, 2009 at 4:34 p.m.

Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, who announced her bid for the GOP nomination for Senate this week, has contributed a significant amount of money to both Republican and Democratic causes over the years according to OpenSecrets.McMahon has donated $69,400.00 via 37 contributions to political candidates since 1990.  She first wrote a $250 check to Rick Santorum’s campaign for [ ... ] ...

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A Field Guide to Crazy

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Published Sept. 13, 2009 at 10:10 p.m.

I was going to put up the usual cast of Monday links, but I’d rather write (or re-write) this post instead.You don’t need me to tell you that the state of discourse and debate in this country stinks. You don’t need me to talk about Joe Wilson, you don’t need me to point out raving [ ... ] ...

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CT-Sen Another one in the ring

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Published Aug. 28, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

And the field just gets more crowded. This morning, Dr. John Mertens, Chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, announced that he, too, is going to be running for Senate in 2010 ... West Hartford Resident John Mertens will publicly announce his candidacy for the 2010 U.S. Senate Race during a campaign kick-off event & [ ... ] ...

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Is Chris Dodd Done?

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Published July 28, 2009 at 9:51 p.m.

On the heels of last week’s dismal Quinnipiac Poll and this week’s return of the Countrywide mortgage mess, there may be a growing sense that Democrats should take the path suggested by former Party Chairman Ed Marcus on Face the State Sunday and replace Sen. Dodd on the November 2010 ballot.But when the entire playing field is considered, [ ... ] ...

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Hartford Interdistrict Grant Loses Funding

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Published June 25, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.

The latest blow to the museum field comes from the rejection of the We’re Making Connecticut History Interdistrict Grant program with the Connecticut Historical Society.  Funding provided by the State Department of Education, this program pairs Hartford 4th and 5th grade urban students with suburban 4th and 5th grade classrooms from all over Connecticut.  This [ ... ] ...

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Handicapping the Field: Republican U.S. Senate Nomination

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Published June 12, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.

Now that Peter Schiff is sort of thinking about maybe jumping in, the Republican senate field is really starting to take shape.And yes, this time around there actually is a real, honest-to-goodness field, rather than two little-known malcontents vying for a nomination nobody else wants. That’s the beauty of 2010. This time around, Republicans are [ ... ] ...

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