Field sobriety tests and officers trained in drug-use recognition are all that’s needed.
2012
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Maine Voices: LURC bill will erode land use safeguards
The amended reform proposal isn’t as overreaching as the original bill, but it still would enable conflicts of interest.
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Letters to the editor, April 1, 2012Fellow Marine recalls a great woman
Hattie Bickmore was indeed a wonderful woman who noticed people and make them feel important. (“Laughs mixed with tears: Just what Hattie Bickmore wanted,” Maine Sunday Telegram, March 25). When I was a Portland police officer, I had the honor of doing some executive bodyguard work for U.S. Sen. Bob Dole when he was at […]
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Maine Observer: Any performance was music to Mom’s ears
Tone-deaf, she didn’t hear her kids’ lapses at the piano – nor could she have detected the missteps at her requiem Mass.
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Why I don’t care about Kony
The world has discovered what Uganda has known for years about him – but he is not Uganda’s biggest problem right now.
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Erosion of privacy is one clear element in Rutgers trial
The college webcam spying case is a reminder that personal space still matters.
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On the Move, April 1, 2012
NEW FACES • Deborah Wentworth joined Clark Insurance as the director of business insurance services. Wentworth of Falmouth has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. • Rosemary Presnar was hired at Northcross Group as a senior project manager. Presnar’s experience spans from military service to industrial engineering, program management, business […]
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Jonathan Riskind: Bid by Angus King sends the parties scrambling
It’s normally pretty routine stuff when a political candidate names campaign aides, but Angus King’s independent U.S. Senate run so far is anything but a routine affair. So when King’s campaign said last week that Marge Kilkelly, a former Democratic state legislator, and Edie Smith, a former GOP strategist, were signing on, it only added […]
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The grapes and wrath
What is and isn’t allowed on a wine label is the subject of some disagreement between vintners and government regulators.
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Datebook, April 1, 2012
Monday Creating the Rest of Your Life: Work and Money After 50, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., continues on Mondays and Wednesdays through April 25, options for the older worker who is near retirement or changing careers. Held at University College at Saco, 110 Main St., Suite 1101, Saco. Registration is required. Call 286-1722 to […]