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[…] Dream of home ownership, financial security and family seeps out in songs by local acts like Dead Gowns’ “Renter Not a Buyer” and Derek Lobley’s “Warm Here.” On “Apartment Song,” Bonnie […]

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The Portland Pub Sing at Novare Res Bier Café 

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Chimera

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April showers bring May copaganda

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Sorting Out the Dem Goobs (and a few independents)

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The Holy Donut’s workers want a livable wage, safety and respect. Ownership wants to them to shut up

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Q Street Diner

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Maine’s failure to provide legal help in civil court for Mainers who can’t afford lawyers is unconstitutional 

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Maine’s First Abolitionist Newspaper Challenged Slavery’s Local Apologists  

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