Michelle Obama has been unfairly criticized for her focus on domestic tasks rather than ‘bigger’ issues.
2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Weekend concertput city on center stage
Portland’s Eastern Promenade starred in its debut as an outdoor concert venue.
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Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: King merits support for help bringing high-tech business to Maine
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ads that attack the former governor and Senate hopeful are unfair.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Boy Scouts column focuses on what divides, not what we share
We don’t really understand homosexuality, so why do we insist on arguing about it?
Posted inNation & World
U.S. auditing post-Katrina sewer cash
One Mississippi county spent millions on infrastructure that may not be needed for decades, the AP finds.
Posted inNation & World
Extreme heat of recent summers due to climate change, study says
The paper’s lead author says he was mistaken: The effects are being felt now, not in a distant future.
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Beardsley: I didn’t totally ban alleged abuser from campus
Former Husson University president William Beardsley acknowledged Monday that he did not categorically ban the Rev. Robert Carlson from campus after the chaplain abruptly resigned in 2006.
Posted inSports
Maine Milestones
The 78th Monhegan Moonlight Regatta, Maine’s largest and longest offshore sailing race, was held over the weekend. The racers started in 7-plus knots of wind, which continued to build through the day Friday afternoon and started to drop after midnight. The wind remained light for most of Saturday, and the Seguin Island Division racers started […]
Posted inBusiness
Fed chief: Economic data mask many Americans’ struggles
Economists should try to find better ways to measure ‘economic well-being,’ Ben Bernanke says.
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Maine gas prices up 8 cents The average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine soared almost 8 cents in the past week, but still didn’t rise as fast as the national average. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reported Monday that the average cost in Maine jumped to $3.69 per gallon. Even though the national […]