Biddeford star forward Trevor Fluerent is honored as the top senior hockey player in Maine.
March 2010
Local Dispatches
STANDISH Police refrain from offering details of fatal two-car crash Investigators were withholding details Sunday of a fatal two-car crash in Standish, saying the complicated circumstances should be sorted out by today. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said in a written release that officials will talk about the investigation at 11 a.m. today in Portland. […]
Feature Obituary: Shirley Berry, 88, retired secretary who pursued her passions
SOUTH PORTLAND — Shirley M. Berry, a retired executive secretary at Texaco Oil Co. whose interests included art and photography, died Friday. She was 88. Ms. Berry was remembered by her family Sunday as a warm and caring woman who kept herself busy pursuing her passions: painting landscapes, researching her family genealogy and spending time […]
Maine at Work: Reporter spills the beans about factory where nothing is half-baked
Ray Routhier is schooled in the basics of making a classic New England dish for mass consumption.
Our View: Put Charter Commission focus back on mayor
It’s time to set the controversy of noncitizen voting aside and look at government structure.
Maine Voices: Progressive government’s high cost
As entitlements grow bottomless and deficits quadruple, Americans are beginning to wake up to the threat they face.
Letters to the editor: March 15, 2010
Evidence favoring Dechaine piles up Thanks to the Portland Press Herald for publishing an article on its front page about new opinions relating to the Dennis Dechaine case (“Analyses by two experts offer hope to Dechaine.” Feb. 25). It is interesting that the prosecutor in the case was not and is not interested in two […]
Leigh Donaldson: Hate-based groups give free speech a bad name
The Southern Poverty Law Center has found that many Americans have an anti-government outlook.
Maine Voices: Greater business efficiency leads to better health care
For-profit firms have found many ways to save, including outsourcing peripheral tasks.