AUGUSTA — Jim Paradis, 98, of Monmouth sat in a recliner in the common area of his residence building at Togus on Nov. 5. He was watching television, draped in a brown coat, wearing a hat that bore the logo of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. “He’s the man,” one of the nurses said as […]
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Effort launches to curb development along waterfront
PORTLAND — Dozens of fishermen, their families and friends gathered at a pub on Portland’s waterfront Sunday to kick off what could turn out to be a historic campaign to save their industry from extinction. Citizens behind the movement to freeze or contain development on the waterfront met in Andy’s Old Port Pub, a Commercial […]
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Waterville latest Maine community to restrict plastic bags
WATERVILLE — The city is preparing to become one of the latest communities in Maine to adopt restrictions on single-use plastic shopping bags, a move advocates say will reduce plastic waste though it may be hard at first for some shoppers. “People are creatures of habit,” said Linda Woods, coordinator for the Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition, […]
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Penobscot Nation ambassador calls on Skowhegan to retire ‘Indians’ nickname
SKOWHEGAN — The tribal ambassador from the Penobscot Nation this month called on the Board of Directors of Skowhegan-based School Administrative District 54 to retire the nickname “Indians” for their high school sports teams. It wasn’t the first time such a request had been made. Maulian Dana, a resident of the Penobscot Indian Reservation, near […]
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Honoring those who served
Andrew Palmeri of Kennebunkport and his sons Andrew, far left, and Anthony place a wreath Sunday on the gravestone of his fifth great-grandfather, Jonathan Nash, who served in the American Revolution. In the center, in Revolutionary War regalia, is Adam Bartow, president of the Southern Maine Chapter of the American Revolution. The group held a […]
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Messalonskee's lone cheerleader Kaitlyn Berthiaume an inspiration to others
OAKLAND, ME- NOVEMBER 8: Messalonskee High School student Kaitlyn Berthiaume is the school’s sole cheerleader. Berthiaume is at practice at the Oakland school gymnasium on Thursday, November 8, 2018. (Staff Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer) OAKLAND — Shaking visibly and on the verge of tears, Kaitlyn Berthiaume did what came naturally. She found her mom. […]
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Asking questions — it is what journalists do
“The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw in character.” — Lyndon Johnson “They are a sort of assassins…” — John Quincy Adams “I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.” — […]
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Things are not simply going to work themselves out while we watch
PARIS — When confronting bad news these days, many tend to assume that it is just a bump on the road and that things will work out. President Obama was fond of invoking Martin Luther King’s assertion that “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” Yet, could we be […]
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The Kavanaugh debacle cost the Democrats the Senate
WASHINGTON — Brett Kavanaugh must have been smiling as the returns came in on Election Day, because it is now clear that the Democrats’ campaign to destroy him will go down as a massive blunder. It failed to keep Kavanaugh off the court. It cost Democrats their chance to regain control of the Senate. And […]
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Maine going downhill
The election is over. Maine will now receive exactly what it deserves — more taxes, more government programs and more welfare will rule the day. Another billion dollar structural deficit, like the one created by the beloved “independent” senator in Washington, will soon be upon all. Anyone who is sick of this needs to flee […]