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 1996

"Music" piece on The Bay Chamber Concerts, held at the Rockport Opera House. Ma, Joseph Mauro

"Music" piece on the opening concert of the 1996 Portland Chamber Music Festival, Joseph Mauro

Profile of pianist Laura Kargul, a professor of music at the University of South, Joseph Mauro

Review of the final concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, a collaboration, Joseph Mauro

"Stage" piece on the Outlore Theatre Company in Rockland. Bill Lannon, host and, Joseph Mauro

Herbert Swett, owner of the Madison-Skowhegan Trolley Line, established an amuse, Joseph P. Mauro

Profile of Lawrence Golan, 29, violinist, Portland Symphony concertmaster, direc, Joseph P. Mauro

Profile of pianist Matthew Wright, 18, of Cape Elizabeth. Wright's teacher is U, Joseph Mayo

Review of "Mime Spoken Here," by Tony Montanaro, with Karen Hurll Montanaro., Nancy McCallum

Review of "The Burning Ghats," by Paul Mann of York., Nancy McCallum

"Other Voices" piece by Donald Meagher Jr. of Bangor, on how men get stuck with, Donald Jr Meagher

"Educational Innovations" piece on Searsport Elementary School, where teachers a, Paula Mirk

Music preview of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, which has commissioned two compo, Robert H. Newall

"Back of the Book" piece by Kaley Noonan of Camden, on the night she and a frien, Kaley Noonan

"Other Voices" piece by Nancy Oden of Jonesboro, an organic gardener, beekeeper, Nancy Oden

"Capital Letter" piece on Joe Brennan's campaign for the U.S. Senate. The autho, Frank O'Hara

"Capital Letter" piece on recent changes to Maine's environmental laws. The pie, Frank O'Hara

"Capital Letter" piece on the author's involvement in the Brennan for U.S. Senat, Frank O'Hara

"Capital Letter" piece on two 1879 pamphlets on conditions at the Maine Insane H, Frank O'Hara

"Capitol Letter" piece on the estimated $437 million deficit in next year's stat, Frank O'Hara

"Back of the Book" piece by Elizabeth Peavey of Portland, on her adventures ice, Elizabeth Peavey

Independent midwives can practice in Maine without any required qualifications., Kit Pfeiffer

"Letters from the East" piece on former U.S. Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, Sanford Phippen

Reviews of "Barn Flight," by Carolyn Page; "Undertow," by Colin Sargent; and "Cr, Sanford Phippen

Reviews of "The Movie Queen and Other Poems," by Farnham Blair; "Grey Light," by, Sanford Phippen

"Voices for the East" piece on Kate Barnes, Maine's first official poet laureate, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece, in response to a June 27, 1996, "Other Voices" pie, Sanford Phippen

"Voices From The East" piece on a visit by Alex McLean to the Bolduc Correctiona, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on Capt Cheryl Gallant, jail administrator for Peno, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on Constance Hunting, poet and professor, who was h, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on Dan Rodgers, 18, of Corea, a lobster fisherman., Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on "Reading Stephen King," a conference organized b, Sanford Phippen

"Voices From The East" piece on "The Eloquent Edge," an anthology of 15 Maine wo, Sanford Phippen

"Voices From The East" piece on the publication of the author's first novel and, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on this year's Young Writers Symposium at the Hayst, Sanford Phippen

"Voices from the East" piece on University of Maine at Orono journalism Professo, Sanford Phippen

Review of "MinnowKnits," by Jil Eaton of Portland., Deborah Pulliam

"Other Voices" piece by Orville T. Ranger, an attorney in Brunswick, on the Main, Orville T. Ranger

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine last week withdrew from the bidding on provi, Douglas Rooks

Brief reviews of "Maine: A View from Above," by Charles Feil; "Hometown Champs:, Douglas Rooks

Details of a Maine Times interview with conservationist David Brower and his wif, Douglas Rooks

Details on Green Party candidate Ralph Nader's campaign stop at Maine Times. Na, Douglas Rooks

Details on last week's spring meeting of the Maine Press Association in Orono., Douglas Rooks

Details on Saturday's rededication of the Maine State Museum, which was official, Douglas Rooks

Editorial on the conversion of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine from nonprofit st, Douglas Rooks

Editorial on the cuts at Maine Public Television., Douglas Rooks

Gov. King and Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Ned Sull, Douglas Rooks

Gov. King last week suspended the permitting process on the proposed Sears Islan, Douglas Rooks

Gov. King will not be contributing to any legislative campaigns this year, nor w, Douglas Rooks

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections was formed to promote a referendum on campaig, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on a proposed special legislative session to consider, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on former governor Joseph Brennan's announcement that, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on freezing wages for tipped employees in Maine. The, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on Gov. King's quest for a new commissioner for the M, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on last week's ruling by the Maine Supreme Judicial C, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on legislative term limits, which this year will affe, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on Maine's bottle bill, and industry's case for a nat, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on Mark A. Bechard, 37, of Waterville, charged with t, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on reformulated gasoline and fluoride. RFG promises, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on state senator Dale McCormick's decision to withdra, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the 1st District congressional primary between Dem, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the citizen initiative process, and on the referen, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the Compact for Maine's Forests, which was favored, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the Dubious Achievements Awards for the 1996 campa, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the effort to shift Maine Medicaid recipients to m, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the findings of the state Learning Results Task Fo, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the inclusion of nonnatives in anthologies of Main, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the June primary elections. The turnout of 180,00, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the legal challenge to Maine's term limits law. S, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the Maine Omnibus Opinion Survey, conducted by Str, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the Maine Turnpike Authority and its impending dec, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the referendum to ban clear-cutting in Maine's uno, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, which, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on the stormwater rules proposed by the Maine Departm, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" piece on U.S. senator William Cohen's decision to not seek, Douglas Rooks

"Maine Perspectives" pieces on Maine Department of Human Services Commissioner K, Douglas Rooks

Maine Yankee President Charles Frizzle on Friday said that an internal investiga, Douglas Rooks

Nearly one-third of the seats in the Maine Senate are open, and most candidates, Douglas Rooks

Paper companies and other large landowners have been practicing intensive forest, Douglas Rooks

Profile of Alan Taylor, Colby College graduate, professor of history at the Univ, Douglas Rooks

Profile of Bernd Heinrich, 56, a professor of zoology at the University of Vermo, Douglas Rooks

Profile of Gov. Angus S. King Jr., one year into his term. With a discussion of, Douglas Rooks

Profile of J. Duke Albanese, commissioner of the Maine Department of Education., Douglas Rooks

Profile of Nancy Barba of Barba Architecture and Design of Portland. The firm's, Douglas Rooks

Related articles on the University of Maine System, including the problems at UM, Douglas Rooks

Results of last week's legislative elections. Democratics regained control of b, Douglas Rooks

Results of the Maine Times 1996 Readers Survey., Douglas Rooks

Review of "Being There: Profiles of Mental Illness," by Karlene Hale. The book, Douglas Rooks

The Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Maine Children's Alliance recently, Douglas Rooks

The Maine Public Utilities Commission last month released a draft plan for the d, Douglas Rooks

The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone, the state's first publ, Douglas Rooks

The referendum to ban clear-cutting would eliminate the leveling of large stands, Douglas Rooks

U.S. senator William Cohen announced this year that he will not seek re-election, Douglas Rooks

Winter Harbor Associates of New York proposed harvesting 3,000 acres of timber i, Douglas Rooks

At the end of World War II, Mainers relied primarily on local sources for food,, Naomi Schalit

Dave and Chris Colson of New Leaf Farm of Durham sell around 40 percent of their, Naomi Schalit

"Natural Inclinations" piece on organic gardeners Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damr, Naomi Schalit

"Natural Inclinations" piece on Sam Hayward, former chef of the Harraseeket Inn, Naomi Schalit

"Natural Inclinations" piece on Sandy Vogels, 41, of Portland, who will deliver, Naomi Schalit

"Natural Inclinations" piece on shrimping with Charlie Saunders, captain of the, Naomi Schalit