What would an election season be without a classic bogeyman ad? This is the TV spot or mailer that takes the cake for deceitfulness, exaggeration and hypocrisy, while playing on fears of mysterious outsiders ruining the lives of ordinary Mainers. Last year, the Maine Democratic Party used the bogeyman in a mailer featuring a pair […]
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Auburn needs a mayor, council on the same page
We sometimes say a candidate for office really hit the ground running. Auburn’s next mayor, Jonathan LaBonte, seems to be off and running even before hitting the ground. LaBonte is unopposed in next week’s municipal election, so his victory is assured. But he has already met with City Council candidates to discuss their expectations for […]
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Soul Sensations, featuring the Colwell Bros., at Johnson Hall Nov. 5
GARDINER — The Soul Sensations, featuring the Colwell Brothers, return for a show at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St., at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 5. Big local favorites, they play a powerful mix of robust music centered around classic rock and roll, bodacious renditions of the best soul music and blues, […]
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Feedback sought on proposed changes to Maine fishing regulations for 2012-13 season
RANGELEY — A public hearing will be held on Nov. 9 on more than 200 proposed changes to Maine’s current fishing regulations. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Rangeley Lakes Regional School at 43 Mendolia Road. Comments from the public are urged at these […]
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Casino vote a good bet for Lewiston-Auburn
The Maine Legislature faced a choice 10 years ago. Gambling was clearly inevitable in Maine, and the state could have developed a logical process for locating a handful of strategically placed casinos or racinos here. We could have sold licenses to developers and then determined how much revenue would go to the state and how […]
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Keeping disabled in the hunt
Milo’s Ken Davis, my late father-in-law, was an active outdoorsman who loved to hunt deer. Disabled by MS at midlife, he fought courageously to hunt in spite of his infirmity. When possible, he hunted from a wheelchair. Once the state permitted him to hunt from a parked vehicle. A few times he actually got to […]
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Thousands still without power after October surprise snowstorm
LEWISTON — Some Mainers awoke to as much as 17 inches of snow thanks to a rare early season nor’easter. Others anxiously waited most of Sunday for crews to restore power due to damage caused by the heavy, wet blanket of snow. And everyone seems to be looking forward to a week of sunny skies […]
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National Weather Service: Nor’easter possible
It’s no trick. The National Weather Service out of Gray has issued a winter storm watch for half the state tomorrow, the Saturday before Halloween. Meteorologist Tom Hawley said southern Maine and the coast could see six or more inches of snow starting in the evening and ending by 8 a.m. Sunday. The previous record […]
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College football: Black Bears look to keep rolling at Villanova
Looking for its first six-game winning streak since 2008, the University of Maine hits the road again Saturday to face a national power that has fallen on hard times. Villanova, the 2009 FCS national champion and a national semifinalist last year, is winless in five Colonial Athletic Association contests and 1-7 overall this year. The […]
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Maine Ski Hall of Fame: MacDonald among eight inductees
It was said at one time that Ed MacDonald had ink in his veins instead of blood. The Rumford native, and proud of it, was an avid skier and reporter. He combined those passions into a career any journalist would envy. “Even now, he’s been gone about 15 years, and people still come up to […]