September 2013
Snooped
Last week, Twin Cities television anchor/reporter Jessica Miles filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her driver’s license information was illegally searched about 1,380 times and her husband’s 92 times. At the federal set amount of $2,500 per incident, the damages could amount to $3.5 million. And earlier this month, 18 Minnesota residents and former residents […]
Wasn’t the ranking supposed to improve?
Three years into the LePage administration, we are starting to see what effect his policies are having on Maine and its economy. And to make matters worse Le- Page and company have managed to make it even harder to make a living in Maine. First of all, for the fourth straight year, Maine has been […]
The false promise of Obamacare
While getting my hair chopped the other day I asked the proprietor about health care. The proprietor has a severely handicapped daughter and a husband on much medication that is very expensive. A man waiting for his haircut added to the conversation that his lifelong trade has succumbed to technology and he is out of […]
Elect Jane Millett to Town Council
To the Editor: I strongly urge Brunswick citizens in District 6 to vote for Jane Millett in November. She is a superb candidate and will make a difference on our Town Council. Jane knows the community well and has followed the Town Council’s decisions for more than three decades as an active citizen. As a […]
Byron Watson for school board
To the Editor: I really hope the citizens of Brunswick give Byron Watson a chance at the opening for the school board. He’s a very educated man who has a great understanding of what needs to occur to maintain a productive, stable and safe school system. He is fair, understanding and will not be easily […]
Famed cookbook author dies
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (AP) — Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan, and posts on Facebook and Twitter from her […]