There are numerous benefits to shifting meets to the University of Southern Maine, but a longtime tradition is gone.
2011
Posted inNation & World
With winter air comes winter pollution
A high pressure system keeps the layer of cold air and its pollutants trapped.
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Posted inSports
High school track athletes to watch
BOYS Kyle Bailey, Bonny Eagle, senior hurdler: One of the top hurdlers in the state, he placed third in the 55-meter hurdles at the Class A state meet last year. Liam Campbell, Greely, junior middle distance: Runner-up in the mile at last year’s Class B state meet. He took third in the event at the […]
Posted inNews
Near snowless season has snowmobilers waiting
Snowmobiling pumps a total of nearly $2 billion a year into the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont economies, so the lack of snow hurts.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Removing a dam unleashes unknown problems for fish and fuels
Behind every dam is a recreation and fishing habitat, and sediment hiding toxic unknowns.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Occupy movement not done in by Portland City Council vote
The ideas behind the movement that led to the encampment will survive the current setbacks.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: High court should back electronic records access
Public records should be as public as possible, and fees should reflect the real costs involved.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Dec. 26, 2011A penny-wise, pound-foolish cut
Eliminating Head Start is a classic example of penny-wise, pound-foolish budgeting. When I was a police officer, my wife was a Head Start teacher. On every trip to the teen center and one of the city’s poorer neighborhoods, I met kids who had clearly never gained the skills that Head Start has been documented to […]
Posted inClose to Home
Don Perkins: Landowner, groups preserve watershed
Thanks to a very generous landowner in Harrison, the Western Foothills Land Trust and Portland Water District now have a conservation easement on 690 acres between the Crooked River and Weston Farm Road. Owned by the Watkins family, the acreage is one of the largest parcels in the town of Harrison. The land, which is […]
Posted inClose to Home
Military Notes
Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Amero was recently promoted to his current rank. Amero, a student in the Electromechanical Technology program at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, is on special duty to complete the ELT program. He is a native of Gloucester, Mass, and resides in Auburn. He has served in the […]