Lake Champlain is in trouble, and Vermont has the opportunity to take a lead in really cleaning up the lake waters, but only if it can get ahead of the problem. “Holding the line” on lake pollution is no longer enough. Experts and policymakers have long recognized the need to reduce the amount of pollution […]
2012
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Dullest campaign ever
A few weeks ago, Peggy Noonan wrote a column in The Wall Street Journal that perfectly captures my attitude toward this presidential campaign: It’s incredibly consequential and incredibly boring all at the same time. Since then, I’ve come up with a number of reasons for why it is so dull. First, intellectual stagnation. This race […]
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Movies in the little park
To the editor: On July 19, a wonderful event took place in Brunswick’s Nathaniel Davis Park. Over 300 families, kids and moviegoers of all ages took advantage of seeing a free movie under the stars right in downtown Brunswick. Two creative, energetic Brunswick residents from the NorthWest Brunswick Neighborhood Association, working in conjunctuion with the […]
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Full support for Daughtry
To the editor: While it’s usually a pleasure to be quoted, it’s not when the quote is out of context. Fred Horch’s palm card takes part of my speech supporting Maddie Daughtry and makes it look like I am supporting Fred. The partial quote on Fred’s card was taken from a speech I gave at […]
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Charges dropped — too much evidence
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A fugitive doctor charged in the nation’s largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies is getting off in part because there’s just too much evidence in his case: more than 400,000 documents and two terabytes of electronic data that federal authorities say is expensive to maintain. Armando Angulo was indicted in 2007 […]
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Kimmel to wed show’s writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel didn’t have to look too far for his new fiancee. The ABC funnyman is newly engaged to girlfriend Molly McNearney. His spokesman, Lewis Kay, said Wednesday that Kimmel popped the question during a recent vacation in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. McNearney is the co-head writer for the network’s […]
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Dogs tied to railroad tracks
CLEVELAND (AP) — A $5,000 reward was offered Wednesday for information leading to an arrest and conviction of a man who tied three dogs to railroad tracks, where two were killed by a train and one survived by crouching off the rails. The reward was offered by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of […]
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Security guard credited for thwarting shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who had been a volunteer at a community center for gays walked into the lobby of a conservative political organization, made a negative comment about what the group stands for, pulled a gun and opened fire, authorities said. But the shooting Wednesday morning at the downtown Washington headquarters of the […]