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Watchdog press bites back to protect access

Maine’s State House Facilities Committee, which oversees operation of the State House complex, voted Wednesday to recommend that the doors to the State House be locked and inaccessible to the press after hours, unless a scheduled meeting is underway or unless a reporter phones to request special permission to enter. The explanation was that public […]

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A peek into this week – Feb. 13, 2014

There’s likely a long list of people who wish the nor’easter could be pushed ahead into the far future: sports teams, commuters, exhaust highway crews and their budget-strapped towns. On a much smaller list though, are people who’d hoped for it to come summer. Our top contender ? The eight suspects across Oxford County arrested […]

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Chamber and SAD 17 link a natural fit

John Williams, executive director of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce, loves to use exclamation points in his Chamber Beat column. With the recent news that SAD 17 has joined the Chamber, John can be pardoned for injecting one of the avid grammarian’s favorite features. According to Williams’ column on Page D4 in today’s Advertiser […]