The initiatives includes the construction of a new clubhouse and a more effective marketing plan.
2012
Maine students compete in poetry event
Ten students from across the state will participate in today’s Poetry Out Loud finals at Bates College.
Maine Colleges: UNE pulls away for lacrosse win
PURCHASE, N.Y. – Tyler Thomas and Dylan Thomas each had three goals and combined for five assists Thursday for the University of New England, which outscored Manhattanville by six in the second half for an 11-6 win in men’s lacrosse. Dylan Thomas had two goals, and Tyler Thomas and Geoff Bruno scored in the third […]
Nation/World Dispatches
MOSCOW In shift, Russia urges Assad to end conflict in Syria Syrian President Bashar Assad must take the first step toward settling his country’s yearlong conflict by pulling his forces out of cities and allowing humanitarian assistance, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday, in a statement that signaled a marked shift in Moscow’s stance. The […]
Stand Your Ground may be revisited
The Florida law lets police on the scene decide whether they believe a killer’s self-defense claim.
Charles Krauthammer: Bloated Obamacare law to face Supreme Court scrutiny
WASHINGTON – Obamacare dominated the 2010 midterms, driving its Democratic authors to a historic electoral shellacking. But since then, the issue has slipped quietly underground. Now it’s back, summoned to the national stage by the confluence of three events: the release of new Congressional Budget Office cost estimates, the approach of Supreme Court hearings on […]
People & EntertainmentRadio ads take Limbaugh to task
NEW YORK – Rush Limbaugh’s opponents are starting a radio campaign against him, seizing upon the radio star’s attack on a Georgetown law student as a “slut” to make a long-term effort aimed at weakening his business. The liberal Media Matters for America is using a past campaign against conservative commentator Glenn Beck as a […]
M.D. Harmon: Columnist puts politics ahead of saving Medicare
The late economist Herbert Stein once said, “If something can’t go on, it won’t go on.” Which makes a recent comment from a Washington Post columnist the most meaningless thing I have read so far this year. Dana Milbank, who usually takes a liberal slant on things, wrote Monday about a Medicare reform plan sponsored […]
Maine Voices: State’s entrepreneurs quietly leading state to a brighter future
Highly publicized reports of Maine’s ‘business unfriendliness’ don’t tell the whole story.
Senate sends White House insider-trading legislation
Both Republican senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine vote in favor of the measure.