Obstacles remain to raising Maine’s vaccination rate, but a group effort ensures cost isn’t a barrier.
September 2013
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Republican alternative to Obamacare is a dodge, not a credible option
Republicans are silent on how many more Americans would be covered under their plan.
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Vaccine from Maine firm can’t be used to make bioweapon, expert says
The question of how the virus sent to Syria in 2001 can be used arose after a New York Times allegation.
Posted inBusiness
Five communities get livable cities grants
Five Maine cities have received $15,000 grants to help them achieve environmental sustainability and create healthier, walkable communities. Biddeford, Belfast, Waterville, Skowhegan and Augusta received the grants issued by the Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center. The so-called Green and Healthy Main Streets grants require one-to-one matches from each community and are expected to generate […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Long-term jail policy long overdue
What was the state Legislature’s incarceration policy when it became fiscally responsible for county jails? Similar to education, the Legislature usurped county control by promising funding, made it law and then failed in its fiscal commitment. Now they’ve created a committee to make credible their bandage methodology versus developing a long-term refurbishment program for our […]
Posted inNation & World
Nation Dispatches
WASHINGTON Postmaster General: Agency facing ‘financial disaster’ WASHINGTON – Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Thursday his agency is in “the midst of a financial disaster” and may need an emergency increase in postage rates to keep operating. “The Postal Service as it exists today is financially unsustainable,” he told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental […]
Posted inNews
Safety success keeps Maine ready to rumble
The Maine Department of Transportation will install more centerline rumble strips across the state.
Posted inNews
Feature obituary: Walter Ray Jr., 79, pastor and teacher devoted to kids
PORTLAND — The Rev. Walter Ray Jr., beloved pastor of Webbs Mills Free Baptist Church in Casco, who taught in Portland elementary schools for 26 years, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He was 79. The Rev. Ray grew up in Auburn and moved to Portland in his early teens. He attended Portland High School. […]
Posted inSports
Fight card’s full for MMA show
New England Fights has 27 fights scheduled for its 10th show as the group continues to promote local competitors.
Posted inNation & World
Mars rover discovers no methane, dimming hopes of microbial life
LOS ANGELES – NASA’s Curiosity rover hasn’t discovered any signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars, a finding that does not bode well for the possibility that microbes capable of producing the gas could be living below the planet’s surface, scientists said Thursday. Since landing in Gale Crater last year, the car-size rover has […]