With an economy in transition, Maine deserves both better leadership and fewer excuses.
September 2013
Posted inBusiness
Syria, emerging economies may shadow summit
The G-20 leaders will look at tumbling currencies in several nations, trade liberalization and more.
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Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Where have all the butterflies gone? Portlanders can bring them back
The insects will return if residents restore habitat, plant wildflower lawns and stop using insecticides.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mandate ensures tax equality for married same-sex couples
As of last Thursday, thousands of American families will now be able to claim crucial tax protections and benefits they were previously denied. In what is arguably the federal government’s most significant rule change since the Supreme Court’s watershed June decision striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the Treasury Department and its Internal […]
Posted inNation & World
Bill Clinton stumps for health care law
With Obamacare needing a booster shot, the president calls upon a persuasive predecessor.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Ban on lead fishing gear just one way to save loons
Policies also need to address the impact of habitat loss, watercraft activity and lower water quality.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Readers oppose intervention in Syria
Bill Nemitz’s column (“Syrian images hang over peace protest,” Sept. 1) about Portland’s Saturday peace protest against a U.S. invasion of Syria did not accurately represent the objectives of the march or the views of its participants. (I attended the protest and was quoted in his column.) Nemitz portrayed Saturday’s peace demonstrators buying — as […]
Posted inBusiness
Kate’s Butter to miss move deadline
The busy company says it needs four extra months to shift from Old Orchard Beach to its new building.
Posted inBusiness
On the Move
NEW FACES • Jason Cote has joined the history department at Thornton Academy. He recently completed a summer fellowship for Korean studies through the Korea University Graduate School of International Studies and the Korea Foundation. He also taught social studies at Massabesic High School for five years. • Heather Mott joined BONNEY Staffing Center as […]
Posted inLife & Culture
People & Entertainment: Harper joins ‘Dancing With Stars’
NEW YORK – Busy cancer patient Valerie Harper leads a class of 12 amateur hoofers in the upcoming 17th season of “Dancing With the Stars.” The cast was revealed Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” For a show that has reached an increasingly older audience, ABC added an injection of youth with reality stars Nicole […]