I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Steve Rowe during the past year. I am impressed by his integrity, intelligence and compassion. He clearly has a passion for Maine’s economic future and for a quality education for all children. He understands how investing in our economic infrastructure and early childhood care will pay big […]
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Candidates will embrace the underdog image
The 2010 election season is about to begin. In less than a month, Maine Democrats and Republicans will choose their nominees for governor and other public officials. The excitement is building. In the next few weeks, look for a number of candidates to depict themselves as the scrappy small fry; the long-shot who just might […]
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Plan your paintball strategy
The object of Paintball is to capture your opponent’s flag and return it to your flag station (base). Players are “marked” by a paintball that is expelled from a special marker, signifying their elimination from that round of play. Paintball games usually run from 15 to 25 minutes in length. Referees start and stop the […]
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Recreation in the Rangeley region
The major waterways of the Rangeley Lakes region are part of the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The trail is one of America’s longest recreational blueways and an American Canoe Association Recommended Water Trail. The Rapid River, Upper and Lower Richardson Lakes, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Rangeley Lake and the South Branch of the Dead River make […]
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How to contact the advertising departments of Sun Media Group
This online Contact guide contains “live links” which will take you to forms in which you can enter information on www.sunjournal.com as well as launch e-mails to department staff. This guide also has a menu bar (access it by hovering your mouse over the cover page and click on the “View in fullscreen” button when […]
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Road Trip: Maine lighthouses — Beacons in Maine’s history will open to the public
Recently, Sept. 12 was designated as the first Maine Open Lighthouse Day. On this day you’ll have the opportunity to go inside at least 25 Maine lighthouses from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and not only see how the keepers lived and worked in these beacons, but also in some cases climb the stairs and […]
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Maine’s new tax package: fact and fiction
LEWISTON — Under the controversial tax package recently enacted by the Legislature, Mainers are set to see many changes beginning on Jan 1, 2010. Depending on who you listen to, the law will single-handedly either bring about the state’s destruction or economic resurrection. By far the most partisan bill of the session, many Democrats have […]
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BRUNSWICK – Maine State Music Theatre will present “A Year with Frog and Toad,” the first of its three children’s musicals of the summer, on June 8. It will then host a Theatreworks USA production of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” on June 12 as a part of its Theatre for Young Audiences […]
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Be my guest
This is in response to Theresa Pelletier’s letter of May 22, titled “We must raise taxes.” While nobody would want another person to be affected by cuts, most people cannot afford any new taxes. Many of us don’t know how long we’ll have our jobs. Also, some of us had our hours cut, so our […]
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A luster returns to marriage
Regardless of where one stands on same-sex marriage, one universal trait in the debate in Maine has been cherishing the institution. We cannot recall another period in which marriage has been discussed in such glowing, reverential terms. There is disagreement about whose unions should be called a marriage under law. And despite Gov. John Baldacci’s […]