AUBURN — Sally Davis of Top Dog Professional Grooming has relocated and expanded her business of 16 years to 20 Coburn St. She originally started the business at Center Street Plaza. The new shop is next to Panache, right off Center Street, 1,000 feet from the original location. “We realized we needed to expand and […]
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Norway Savings Bank receives 2 accolades
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank recently received two accolades for supporting the wellness of team members and meeting the needs of working parents. Wellness Workdays, a provider of corporate wellness programs, named the bank a “Best Wellness Employer.” The bank received a Gold Certification designation, the highest achievable level, awarded to select businesses in the […]
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Rich Lowry: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bizarre case against the Republican speaker of the House
Greene made her anti-Mike Johnson case on Tucker Carlson’s show last week, and it was — as you’d expect — a stew of conspiratorial thinking and sophomoric ranting.
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Clarence Page: Donald Trump goes all in defending Jan. 6 mob and Karl Rove goes off
Republican strategist Karl Rove has some excellent advice for Donald Trump, which, judging by his usual resistance to even the mildest criticism, Trump probably will refuse to hear.
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Cal Thomas: Trump’s abortion statement
Trump’s statement, while welcome in part, cedes the moral high ground when he says abortion is up to individuals. That puts us back to where we started from, with the 1973 Supreme Court decision.
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Froma Harrop: The anti-abortion right is not into compromise
What Donald Trump is truly in favor of is not caring one way or another. Unfortunately, the anti-abortion right cares very much. The end of Roe has emboldened it to go after the compromises it never wanted to make and the great American majority demands.
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Austin Bay: As Israel crushes Hamas, aid Ukraine and secure American borders
Republicans have watched the border deteriorate. The Republicans argue, sensibly, we need to defend our borders as well as Ukraine’s.
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Peter Zanoni: Why are military weapons available for sale?
Where can I buy an army tank? A tank would make it much easier for me to navigate over the potholes on many of our streets, and I would find it useful to drag a deer out of the woods if I’m lucky during the hunting season. Plus, I wouldn’t need to buy a dog […]
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Joseph Pickering Jr.: Maine lacks vision in addressing mental health
I have spent more than 50 years in administering and advocating for health care, including three years planning for a comprehensive community health care system and as an area administrator for the Department of Mental Health in Massachusetts, five years as a CEO of a community mental health agency in Bellevue, Washington, and over 30 […]