Augusta Wednesday, October 17 MSGA results: INDIVIDUAL GROSS – Regular Division: Ricky Jones 70, Chris King 73, Ryan Wingard 73, Aaron Clark 75; INDIVIDUAL NET – Regular Division: Jim Caron 66, Philip Barter 66, Michael Zak 68, Vance Pearson 70; INDIVIDUAL GROSS – Senior Division – Flight 1 (0 – 14): Tom Bean 72, Reid Birdsall […]
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Cherieann Harrison — experience matters
Experience counts. That is why I want Cherieann Harrison to represent me and the rest of the folks in District 114 in Augusta. Harrison is currently serving Wilton on its planning board and the regional school board, which she now chairs. Known for doing her homework and asking hard questions, she gets things done right. […]
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Remembering Roselle Coury, Maine’s ‘first lady broadcaster’
This past Thursday, Oct. 25, marked Roselle Coury Fortier’s 100th birthday. Known as one of the top radio personalities in New England in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, the well-known icon at Lewiston’s WCOU radio could do it all. The energetic, outgoing entertainer and broadcaster not only deejayed her own programs, wrote and delivered commercial […]
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Support for Jim Wilfong
I am excited for the opportunity to vote for Jim Wilfong as a state Senate candidate to represent western Maine. He has an extensive background as a Marine, adjunct instructor at the University of Southern Maine, business and legislative experience. Wilfong was a Maine legislator with many accomplishments at a time when there was a […]
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Golden, Mills have solid track record
I write in strong support of Jared Golden and Janet Mills. I have served with both in the Maine Legislature and watched them build a track record of independence and accomplishment. They are not afraid to do what is right or to hold themselves accountable to the people they represent.Their courage has been tested on […]
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How will they pay for all that?
Here is what I believe the Democrats will do if they win in the November election. Janet Mills will empty all the state’s capital reserves to pay for health care expansion; then sign all the bonds, which will cost nearly $320 million. Where is she getting that from? She will borrow it. Within 24 hours […]
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Senators must support SNAP
For rural communities in Maine, the Farm Bill represents an enormous opportunity for growth. Every five years, lawmakers in Washington are able to make adjustments that can make or break family farms. But the bill does more than that. It also reauthorizes SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, which helps feed 180,000 Mainers. This year, […]
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I will be voting for Jan Collins
As a Wilton resident, I admire both candidates as hard-working, well-liked, involved community members. That said, during the past eight years, the current Legislature has cut taxes to the wealthiest residents three times. At the same time, the state halved the amount of collected taxes it returns to towns, costing my district more than $10 […]
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Keep the economy growing
In my lifetime, very few campaign promises were kept after a president was inaugurated. President Donald Trump is an exception, delivering on nearly all his promises. The U.S. currently has the lowest unemployment rates in almost 50 years. Unemployment for women is the lowest in almost 40 years, and the unemployment rate for blacks and […]
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Talk of the town: Is it Halloween yet?
Things that baffle me I’m just going to go ahead and say it. What’s the deal with individually wrapped coffee stirrers? This weird wave of stirrer prophylactics has taken hold at stores and coffee shops everywhere. I mean, I understand the concept of safe-stirring and all, but in the history of coffee, has anyone ever […]