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Movies: "The Place Beyond the Pines"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger
Friday, April 19th, 2013, 6:44am
Movies: "The Place Beyond the Pines"

The title is confusing, sounding perhaps like some teen horror movie, but it’s actually the Mohawk name for Schenectady, NY, where this complex, well-made film takes place.

It opens with a bravura steadicam shot worthy of Martin Scorsese, as we follow motorcycle stunt rider Luke (a blond, heavily tattooed Ryan Gosling) through a crowded fairground.  (The cinematography is by Sean Bobbitt, who delivers several more boffo set-pieces along the way, including a jumpy police chase.)

 

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Mainers risk lives to help fallen, injured in bomb blast

Submitted by Tim Goff on Tuesday, April 16th, 5:52 pm

OGUNQUIT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- John Mixon is a veteran of Vietnam, as well as the Boston Marathon - having run the race roughly 25 times in his life.  On Monday, Mixon was sitting in the VIP stands near the finish line with family members of fallen soldiers and supporters of Maine's annual Run for the Fallen when the unthinkable happened.

"We weren't really there to watch the elite guys, we were there to watch the guys for Run for the Fallen," explained Mixon, who was anticipating the arrival of the second of five runners representing the organization and wearing a shirt in honor of a military member from Maine killed in combat. 

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Incubating chicken eggs part 5 - Moving chics to brooder

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek
Monday, April 15th, 2013, 9:34am
Incubating chicken eggs part 5 - Moving chics to brooder

We moved the chics to the brooder the day after the hatch.  Sadly the other two eggs mentioned in this video did NOT hatch.  Not sure why.  They had pecked one hole but didn't get any further.  I opened the eggs and found fully developed chicks inside.  The only think I can think of is that these eggs got jostled and rolled around as the other chics hatched.  Maybe that dissoriented them?

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MSSM Science Bowl team will be representing Maine at the National Competition in Washington, DC

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Saturday, April 13th, 2013, 4:16pm
MSSM Science Bowl team will be representing Maine at the National Competition in Washington, DC

MSSM Science Bowl team will be representing Maine at the National Competition in Washington, DC, April 25-29.

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Smokey Bear Statue in Kittery Comes “Out of Hibernation

Submitted by mkellam, Community Content Provider
Friday, April 12th, 2013, 2:19pm
Smokey Bear Statue in Kittery Comes “Out of Hibernation

Now that wildfire season has started, Maine Forest Rangers are urging people to exercise caution with outdoor fires. Spring conditions have already resulted in nearly a dozen wildfires statewide. The largest wildfire was 4 acres and occurred in Clinton on March 31. It was caused by an escaped debris burn.

“Spring wildfire season has already started, and the recent winds have dried the fine fuels and grasses,” said Walt Whitcomb, Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF). “Our Forest Rangers are actively reminding people to be careful with all outdoor fires.”

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Incubating chicken eggs part 4 - THE HATCH!

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek
Friday, April 12th, 2013, 9:16am
Incubating chicken eggs part 4 - THE HATCH!

It was hatch day yesterday and so far 4 out of 6 eggs have hatched.  Check out this awesome video!

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Remembering 129 lives lost on USS Thresher 50 years later

Submitted by Jackie Ward on Wednesday, April 10th, 4:15 pm

KITTERY, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- At precisely 9:17 Wednesday morning, people will pause and take a moment to recognize what happened at that exact time 50 years ago.

It was the day the worst submarine accident in history occurred onboard USS Thresher; 129 lives were lost that day.  To recognize each person, a ship's bell will toll 129 times at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.  USS Thresher, which was built at the shipyard, lost communication with the submarine rescue vessel, USS Skylark, while conducting sea trials off the coast of Cape Cod on April 10, 1963.  The ship sank after a leaky pipe sprayed water onto the ship's electrical grid, forcing the reactor to shut down.

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