Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but Scarborough High’s softball team has won a Class A state championship in each of the last three odd-numbered years — or each year that the Red Storm travel to Disney World in Florida for a week of preseason work. “I think it really does help, it really does set […]
2011
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Fans mourn Springsteen saxophonist Clemons
The Big Man, who died after suffering a stroke, is being called the soul of the E Street Band.
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Posted inNews
New drug concerns health, police officials
WATERVILLE — People taking a new drug are entering emergency rooms agitated and psychotic, hallucinating, paranoid and sometimes violent.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Ocean energy conference asks: Why not Maine?
Some place will be the home base of a new energy industry and Maine could be it.
Posted inNews
State House Notebook: Lawmakers work on without being paid
AUGUSTA – The Legislature decided to pay itself for work through June 8, though the statutory adjournment date was June 15. Leaders were optimistic they would be able to finish work early. Instead, both dates have passed and lawmakers toil on. Members of the Appropriations Committee will meet on Thursday to sort through the dozens […]
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Peace will come when Palestinians accept Israel’s security needs
That’s more than lines on a map – it’s an agreement that each of the two states has a right to exist.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Secretary of State Summers disingenuous on voting laws
If the new registration law won’t make it more difficult to vote, why were the changes needed?
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Republican Party moves Maine’s voting system backwards
GOP Chairman Charlie Webster falsely alleged voter fraud on the part of Democrats, but his party’s changes are the real deception.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, June 20, 2011Fiscal policies still stir dissent
I am deeply troubled by the rhetoric about the national, state and local governmental deficits. There is a lot of sentiment that points to the problem being caused by the rich, whoever they are, and being the responsibility of the rich, whoever they are, to solve. First, we could take all the income of the […]
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Two-out rally keys Sea Dogs’ recovery
Matt Spring hits a two-out home run to spark a six-run seventh inning in the finale of a road trip.