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Obama to hold Maine campaign fundraiser in South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — President Barack Obama will meet with campaign donors March 30 at the Marriott Sable Oaks in South Portland, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. The event, which is being billed as a “reception,” will mark Obama’s first visit to Maine during his 2012 re-election campaign. Last fall, first lady Michelle Obama […]

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Letter: LePage school plan benefits the rich

Regarding Edgar Allen Beem’s “LePage, Bowen let down public schools,” some disagree with his conclusion, but I am of a different opinion. My son’s English class research on the subject of teacher recruitment in education and its impact has arrived at the thesis: “Education reform has been the crack through which taxpayer dollars are moving […]

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Letter: More to life than the 14th Amendment

Tom Crotty’s letter criticized Edgar Allan Beem for failing to do his homework, but Crotty’s assertion that Hitler and Mussolini were left-wingers reveals a rather remarkable lack of research on his own part. As to his claim that there’s absolutely “nothing in the history of the human race as noble and elegant” as a particular […]