Corporate supporters of his assault on workplace and environmental laws could get him re-elected.
September 2013
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Split renews worries of government shutdown
Facing a revolt by staunch tea party conservatives, House Republican leaders delay a key vote.
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Set designer Lisanby, 89, dies
LOS ANGELES – Emmy Award-winning production designer Charles Lisanby, known for his lavish sets during the golden age of TV variety specials, died Aug. 23 in Los Angeles. He was 89. According to his longtime agent and manager, Bob Goodman, Lisanby had recently fallen. The cause of death, according to Morgan’s Funeral Home, was sepsis. […]
Posted inSports
High School Cross Country: Runners and teams to watch
GIRLS Eva Bates, Greely, junior: Fourth in Class B last fall. Also placed 55th in New England with the fastest time of any Maine sophomore or freshman. Brittany Bowman, Camden Hills, senior: Third in Class B last fall after winning the race as a sophomore. Twice placed among the top 25 in New England. […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Poland Spring good steward of resources
Mike Schobinger (“Letters to the editor: Profits from Poland Spring not worth drain on resource,” Sept. 9) is misinformed on many matters regarding Poland Spring and its product. I live near the plant and have most of my life. I do not work for the company but have many ties to it, as many in […]
Posted inBusiness
On the Move
NEW FACES • Oakley Dyer joined Diversified Business Communications as vice president of business development. Dyer was previously employed with Idexx in Westbook. • Kevin Burke, M.D., joined MKM ENT Associates, a specialty practice focused on otolaryngology within Mercy Health System of Maine. Burke graduated from Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, D.C., and completed […]
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Cal Worthington, 92, titan of car ads, sales
He endured a boyhood of poverty before creating ‘go see Cal’ TV ads that won him fame and fortune.
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New England Dispatches
Doctor’s license suspended over pot, errant house call / West Nile virus confirmed for fourth time this year / Governor supports repeal of computer-services tax … and more news from around the region.
Posted inLife & Culture
People & Entertainment: Winehouse charity getting a boost
LONDON – Amy Winehouse lived and died in north London’s Camden neighborhood – and in the month that she would have turned 30, her presence is still being celebrated. The beehived diva’s spray-painted image adorns several Camden walls, and fans still flock to the area more than two years after her 2011 death from accidental […]
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Indie Film: ‘Act of Killing’ documentary a surreal portrait of pure evil
The film takes a unique approach to its subjects – men responsible for one of the most horrific genocides in modern history.