I have known Janet Mills for a long time. As the attorney general, she runs one of the largest employers in the state — and oversees staff across Maine. She knows how to run a large entity. She knows how to budget on a state-wide scale and she knows how to work with folks from […]
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Bowdoin art museum presents talk on camera technology
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will present a talk by Todd Gustavson at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in conjunction with the exhibition “Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting.” Gustavson, curator of the Technology Collection, the George Eastman Museum, explores the evolution of camera technology in the 19th century […]
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Answering the calls of injured wildlife
QUINCY, Fla. — As the city of Tallahassee woke up relieved last week that it had been spared from Hurricane Michael’s most brutal gusts, Teresa Stevenson woke up nervous in a den of screeching animals 20 miles away. She was cut off from the world in a trailer in a 36-acre forest, a quarter-mile down […]
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Community colleges provide a path
Maine’s community colleges are a smart investment, and they have demonstrated that they can provide a high-quality education at a low cost. This Nov. 6, voters will have a chance to invest in community colleges by voting “yes” on Question 5. A “yes” vote on Question 5 will invest $15 million to improve educational opportunities […]
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Home care would have been good
I appeal to all Mainers who are voting in November. I believe that is it necessary to have home care that can provide help to those in need. I will be voting “yes” on Question 1, for universal home care. It would help those who have financial struggles. For those who have a family member […]
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Midcoast Humane continues animal rescue efforts after hurricanes
BRUNSWICK — Minnie is one of 20 kittens Midcoast Humane rescued in the wake of Hurricane Florence. To help a partner Southern shelter make room for the influx of animals entering the facility immediately after the storm, they took in this group of frisky young’uns. They are now up for adoption at the Brunswick Campus. […]
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Rule of law won out over mob rule
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins made a great, powerful, historic speech explaining the reason for her “yes” vote for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. She covered exactly every phase of the steps taken, including that a person is innocent until proven guilty. I believe that every Republican should be proud of […]
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Wife irked as man reconnects with old partners on Facebook
DEAR ABBY: My husband has an extensive sexual history. He has had sex with more than 80 partners. All the encounters were when he was in high school and in his early 20s. Most were one-night stands with female friends. When we met, he was honest, and I was understanding. He didn’t keep in touch […]
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Gallery 302 welcomes artist Will Harney
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 welcomes Will Harney to the group of more than 40 artists who exhibit work at the gallery. As a youngster, Harney was always interested in drawing and once painted an entire dinosaur mural in the add-on room in his family’s home in Danvers, Massachusetts. He studied at Rhode Island School of Design, […]
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Maine State Museum hosts Earth Science Day
Marie Perin of Newburgh listens as Paula Work, the museum’s curator of systematic collections, holds a whale rib bone as she talks Tuesday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. The museum had free admission on Maine Earth Science Day on Tuesday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal)