The weekly Maine Times newspaper focused on feature-length articles and reportage about Maine's arts communities, from October 1968 - through 2002.
Portland Public Library's collection in the Portland Room includes the complete Maine Times on microfilm, as well as the Maine Times Index- which accompanies indexed entries in the Maine News Index.

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Submissions from 1997

"Maine Interview" piece with Mike DeLyra, 45, of Bowdoinham, who made his living, Robert Anderson

"Maine Interview" piece with Sharon Blanchard of South Bristol, one of three kee, Robert Anderson

"Maine Interview" piece with state representative David Etnier of Harpswell, a g, Robert Anderson

Profile of Kathleen Farrin of South Bristol, a writer, painter and lobsterwoman., Robert Anderson

The Androscoggin River Source To The Sea Canoe Trek is a joint project of the An, Robert Anderson

The right whale, a protected species, annually migrates along the outskirts of t, Robert Anderson

"Back of the Book" piece by Phyllis Austin of Brunswick, on battling cancer. Ca, Phyllis Austin

Black Hawk Mining next month will submit a preliminary application to the Maine, Phyllis Austin

Central Maine Power Co. (CMP) is selling some of its land holdings, including a, Phyllis Austin

Champion International's Stewardship and Sustainability Initiative divides the c, Phyllis Austin

Details on last Thursday's public hearing before the Baxter State Park Authority, Phyllis Austin

Details on last Thursday's public hearing in Richmond, on the proposed Maritimes, Phyllis Austin

Details on last Wednesday's public meeting before the Baxter State Park Authorit, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's meeting of the Baxter State Park Authority. The three-me, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's meeting on a new management plan for the Allagash Wildern, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's public hearing befoe the Maine Legislature's Agriculture,, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's public hearing in Newry on the proposed Passamaquoddy bin, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's public hearing in Southport on herring conservation optio, Phyllis Austin

Details on last week's public hearings in Saco and Farmington, held by the gover, Phyllis Austin

Details on the 31st biennial meeting of the Appalachian Trail Conference, which, Phyllis Austin

Details on the revised draft management plan for the Allagash Wilderness Waterwa, Phyllis Austin

Don Breen of Boston has put the 12,000-acre Saddleback Ski Area up for sale. Th, Phyllis Austin

First in a three-part series on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. The waterway, Phyllis Austin

Forest-based tourism contributes more than $20 million in state tax revenue. Bi, Phyllis Austin

Government scientists wanted a 59-day Maine shrimp season for 1997-98, but the A, Phyllis Austin

Gov. King's Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee last Thursday issued, Phyllis Austin

Great Northern, a division of Bowater, has two paper mills, a sawmill and two mi, Phyllis Austin

Gun advocates are lobbying for LD 643, the state bill which would allow forest r, Phyllis Austin

Harley Lee, president of Endless Energy of New Gloucester, is interested in purs, Phyllis Austin

Haymock Lake is rated Class 1-B by the state, meaning it possesses significant f, Phyllis Austin

"How Maine Works" piece on the state's maple-sugar industry. Maine produced 167, Phyllis Austin

Huber Resources Corp. has proposed a $4.1 million wood chip mill in Millinocket,, Phyllis Austin

James Lowell and Co. Timber Associates has sold 17,000 acres of land around Atte, Phyllis Austin

Kennedy Slate Mine Forestry of Abbottville has been fined $3,000 for polluting t, Phyllis Austin

Lance D. Rogers of Connecticut has sold virtually all his interest in the Webber, Phyllis Austin

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Ray Owen wants to, Phyllis Austin

Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Robin Alden believes that cod, Phyllis Austin

Michael Good, president of Down East Nature Tours in Bar Harbor, was on the Main, Phyllis Austin

NAP Breton Inc. of Canada plans to purchase 25 acres in Township 17 Range 5 for, Phyllis Austin

Pine Tree Power, an affiliate of Alternative Energy, is betting that electric ut, Phyllis Austin

Randy Campbell of Houlton, a former leaseholder with Irving Oil's Big Stop resta, Phyllis Austin

Richmond residents have refused to support selectmen in their backing of the pro, Phyllis Austin

Second in a three-part series on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. The struggle, Phyllis Austin

State representative Paul Volenick has introducted legislation to control backya, Phyllis Austin

State senator Richard Ruhlin, D-Brewer, has sponsored legislation that would res, Phyllis Austin

Tamir Sapir, a Manhattan real estate developer, is the sole shareholder in Snake, Phyllis Austin

Ten years ago, Sir James Goldsmith put up for sale Diamond Occidental Forest's 7, Phyllis Austin

The Baxter State Park Authority has added 2,669 acres to Baxter State Park, expa, Phyllis Austin

The citizen's advisory committee to the Baxter State Park Authority has proposed, Phyllis Austin

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered that the 917-foot-long timb, Phyllis Austin

The Great Ponds Task Force presented 35 recommendations to the Maine Legislature, Phyllis Austin

The little-known citizens' advisory committee to the Baxter State Park Authority, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for years has given its em, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has been monitoring a larg, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee has revised its list of, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission denied an application from the Maine De, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission has denied an appeal from Alan Szarka o, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission has unanimously approved fines against, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission in March voted 4-1 against a proposed p, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission last month voted 4-3 against a proposed, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission last Thursday denied a development perm, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission last week voted 5-1 in favor of adoptin, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission recently gave unanimous approval for a, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission voted 4-1 to deny approval of a new boa, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Legislature's Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry voted 7-6 against, Phyllis Austin

The Maine Legislature's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee last Wednesday v, Phyllis Austin

The Nahmakanta tract was purchased as part of the Land for Maine's Future fund,, Phyllis Austin

The National Park Service has made a confidential offer to purchase a 900-acre p, Phyllis Austin

Third in a three-part series on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Paper compani, Phyllis Austin

Tim Caverly, manager of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, says people started li, Phyllis Austin

Voters in Atkinson next week will vote on whether to deorganize the town. Busin, Phyllis Austin

White Oak Inc. of St. Francis, consisting of Vernal and Pauline Nadeau and their, Phyllis Austin

Zond Development, a subsidiary of the energy giant Enron, purchased the developm, Phyllis Austin

"Other Voices" piece by Rob Baldwin of Belfast, who teaches for the Audubon Expe, Rob Baldwin

"Other Voices" piece by Carol Isaacson Barash, Ph.D., of Hartford, a genetics an, Carol Isaacson Barash

Bob Elliot, 47, of Cape Elizabeth, a popular television reporter, died last mont, Chris Barry

Feature article on the author's job as a carnival worker with Smokey's Greater S, Chris Barry

Feature article on the writer's experience cruising with Gov. King aboard the wi, Chris Barry

Portland police in May began a crackdown on panhandlers, and have since issued s, Chris Barry

The Oxford Street Shelter in Portland has an official occupancy of 62, but latel, Chris Barry

U.S. District Court Judge Gene Carter last week sentenced Susan Crane to 27 mont, Chris Barry

U.S. District Court Judge Gene Carter on Monday sentenced activist Philip Berrig, Chris Barry

A 50-year-old Lewiston man had a stroke, and made a near-complete recovery after, Sharon Bass

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine wants to form a for-profit health maintenanc, Sharon Bass

Details on the two-year legal battle between Parkview Memorial and Mid Coast hos, Sharon Bass

During the 1980s, around 90 percent of boys in the United States were circumcise, Sharon Bass

Hospitals throughout Maine are creating birthing centers that allow women to giv, Sharon Bass

"Maine Interview" piece with Andrew Shuttleworth, 11, of Portland, who jumped fr, Sharon Bass

"Maine Interview" piece with Evangeline Hollander, 50, executive director of the, Sharon Bass

"Maine Interview" piece with Kathy Ford, 36, a cashier at the Cumberland Farms s, Sharon Bass

"Maine Interview" with Ron Paradie, 35, a body piercer at the Blacksheep Tattoo, Sharon Bass

Many of the state's 1,159 registered pharmacists are stressed out at work, worki, Sharon Bass

Nurses at the Togus Veteran Administration Hospital haven't seen a pay raise in, Sharon Bass

Profile of Michael Coonfield, 45, of South Berwick, who in 1987 had a kidney tra, Sharon Bass

Profile of state representative Michael Quint, 38, of Portland, a Democrat. Qui, Sharon Bass

Profiles of six Mainers in their 80s and 90s who are still living the good life, Sharon Bass

Schoolchildren from Plummer Motz Elementary School in Falmouth staged an auction, Sharon Bass

The Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine opened in 1985, and numbers 1,300 mem, Sharon Bass

The Lesbian Health Project of Southern Maine is recruiting 50 lesbians, their si, Sharon Bass

The Maine Consortium for Psychotherapy was organized three years ago in response, Sharon Bass