AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature will grow a bit this week when a member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians takes a seat in the House for the first time. David Slagger of Kenduskeag will be sworn in by Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday, the first day of this legislative session. He will join […]
2012
Posted inLife & Culture
People & EntertainmentCruise movie retains No. 1 box office spot
LOS ANGELES – Tom Cruise’s new mission remains impossible to beat at the box office. Studio estimates Sunday placed “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” in the No. 1 spot for the second straight weekend with $31.3 million. With a $134.1 million domestic total, it’s the first $100 million hit with Cruise in the lead role […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Year-end news gives hope for economy
Some encouraging signs give reason to hope for better jobs and housing markets in 2012.
Posted inOpinion
Another View: Supreme Court should let cameras cover health care argument
This extraordinary public policy debate calls for a change by the traditionally shy justices.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Jan. 2, 2012Iraq war over, yet defense costs rise
I read the recent report that Congress and the president passed an increase in spending for the military-industrial complex about which Dwight D. Eisenhower, former president and general, warned the United States. The question that came to mind was, “If the war in Iraq has ended, why are taxpayers being asked to pay more than […]
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: After ignoring, deploring tea party, press fawns on Occupy movement
Huge crowds of people protesting big government spoke their minds and broke no laws – but took a lot of media criticism.
Posted inOpinion
David Ignatius: Worldwide, 2011 was the year of the befuddled leader
The scariest examples are Pakistan’s military zealotry and Germany’s wish to flay others in the eurozone.
Posted inOpinion
George Will: Whatever Obama’s fate, conservatives should be optimistic
Progressives’ efforts to control everyone else’s behavior are being undone by abundant fossil fuels.
Posted inClose to Home
Events
SPRINGVALE Master Gardener training Applications are now available for the next master gardener volunteer training with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in York County. Participants will receive more than 75 hours of horticultural training beginning Jan. 20. The class will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through June at the Anderson […]
Posted inClose to Home
Dispatches
SCARBOROUGH Overdue fine waiver People who return their overdue books from the Scarborough Public Library on Dec. 30 will receive no fines, regardless of how overdue they are. The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 30. For more information, call 883-4723. PORTLAND Winter market hours The Portland Winter Farmers […]