By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post More times than I can remember, I have thought, “Well, President Trump has done it now.” Or I have thought circumstances swirling around Trump would potentially endanger his presidency. I have always been wrong. But with the Paul Manafort convictions and the Michael Cohen plea, is anything […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week we feature two haikus from Raymond Bouffard (Pilgrim) of Gorham. Solitude 2 Silence so profound The wings of raptors were heard As we stood in awe. The Black Visitor So lightly he lands On the pine’s snow-covered branch. Nothing falls away. Dennis Camire can […]
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Rearview Mirror: Brickman needs real collaboration to treat what ails CMHC
Central Maine Healthcare has been ailing for some time. The question is whether Jeff Brickman, the CEO hired two years ago to lead the financially troubled system to solvency and sustainability, is curing its problems or aggravating them. It’s impossible for an outsider like myself to accurately assess the situation at CMHC, but the highly […]
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Take advantage of NRA offer
There it is, in the August 2018 “American Rifleman Magazine.” National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne La Pierre offers to utilize the vast resources of the NRA to provide expert consultation to public and private schools across America to help every school district design its own safety strategy to prevent school violence — for […]
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Par for the Course: State of Maine Championship hoping for a comeback
The State of Maine Championship will be held Aug. 27-29 at Sugarloaf, but according to veteran Maine golfers it will not be the event it once was. When started back in 1989, primarily as a project promoted by Augusta Country Club pro Al Biondi, it became an extremely popular event. The field was good when […]
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Kristen Cloutier needed in Augusta
It’s not often that I get excited about voting for a candidate, but I can’t wait to cast my vote for Kristen Cloutier to represent me and District 60 here in Lewiston. Cloutier is exactly the person needed in Augusta right now. She is smart, she is dedicated and she tells it like it is. […]
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Martin D. Bolduc
LEWISTON — Martin David Bolduc, 34, of Roxbury, passed away surrounded by family and friends at Central Maine Medical Center on Aug. 22, from complications caused by a cardiac event. Martin was born March 3, 1984, in Farmington, the oldest of three children born to Martin Bolduc of Wasilla, Alaska, and Gail Gatchell-Steward of Stratton. Martin […]
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Talk of the town: The trash can really speaks to me
Run for your life So, I’m circling downtown Lewiston in search of column morsels. It’s slim pickings out there on a night that smells of baking bread. In Kennedy Park, it’s just the usual mobs of people doing mysterious park things. On Lisbon Street it’s mostly commerce and downtown hubbub, although I did happen upon […]
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Michael P. Landry
AUBURN — Michael P. Landry, 64, of Lewiston, died at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn on Sunday, Aug. 19, following a long illness. Born in Lewiston on April 4, 1954, he was the son of Roger and Catherine Clabby Landry. Educated locally, Mike loved music and playing guitar. He was […]
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Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is a 'captured' agency
Maine’s fish and wildlife resources are big business. Of fishing, hunting and wildlife watching, wildlife watching is by far the biggest. Wildlife watchers in Maine spend nearly $800 million annually, while hunters and fishermen spend some $203 million and $372 million respectively. Wildlife watching in Maine also generates some $1.3 billion in annual economic activity, […]