Program critics can gripe about the high cost of safety-net programs, but the need persists.
2013
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Prosecutors’ priorities in Zumba case were out of whack
There should not be cases against consenting adults when more serious crimes go unpunished.
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North Korea severs last military hot line
– The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea – Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut its last military hot line with Seoul on Wednesday, saying there was no need to continue military communications between the countries in a situation “where a war may break out at any moment.” The hot line — […]
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People & Entertainment: Stones to play at Glastonbury
LONDON – The Rolling Stones will be taking the stage again this summer at one of Britain’s leading music festivals. The Stones’ appearance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival — set to take place from June 28 to June 30 — was revealed Wednesday in a line-up posted on the festival’s website. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards […]
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Dispatches
ALFRED Strong withdraws appeal, ending his prostitution case Mark Strong Sr., who has served one week of a 20-day sentence for promoting a prostitution business from a Zumba studio in Kennebunk, has withdrawn his appeal of his conviction on 13 counts. Strong, 57, of Thomaston, filed an appeal on March 21, the day he was […]
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New England Dispatches
CONCORD, N.H. Testimony ends in long trial over MTBE contamination Testimony has ended in the longest trial in New Hampshire’s history, and the jurors who’ve been together since Jan. 14 bolted not for the doors but for their cameras. They wanted to mark the occasion with a group photograph. The jurors will begin deliberating next […]
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From the Editor: Show offers chance to dissect the ’80s
The ’80s brought us the Iran-Contra Affair, AIDS, the Challenger disaster, New Coke, parachute pants and Rick Astley. They also brought us the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial, the personal computer, cellphones and U2. It was a decade of extremes, and we’re celebrating it – the good and […]
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Top of the ’80s movies
The most iconic film of the decade? It’s no contest, says our Dennis Perkins.
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Indie Film: Today we pay lip service to Stache Pag
Some six years ago, brothers Nick and Zeke Callanan, along with some selectively hirsute friends, got together at a local bar and realized, in the immortal words of Ron Burgundy, “I look good.” And, deciding to share their love of lip whiskers with the world, they, further summoning the Burgundy spirit, announced, “Everyone come in […]
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Making Noise: This Ghost has a soft spot for ‘holler folk’
Portland “holler” folkies The Ghost of Paul Revere consists of Griffin Sherry on guitar and vocals, Max Davis on banjo and vocals, Matt Young on harmonica and mandolin, Matt Baker on mandolin and Sean McCarthy on bass guitar and vocals. Sherry, Davis and McCarthy grew up together but didn’t start making music with each other […]