When a maple has to be taken down in Winthrop, a homeowner gets creative and hires a chainsaw sculptor.
May 2014
Posted inSports
Tom Caron: Red Sox need a crash course in history
Boston is a long way from showing the mettle of champions past.
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High school notebook: Eagles soaring under radar in Western B softball
Lincoln Academy is 12-1.
Posted inMaine, News
Feature obituary: Becky Winfield, 53, BIW employee, active in Coastal Maine Great Dane rescue
Her buoyant personality was an inspiration to many.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
‘Sleeping giant’ looms over Maine insurers, businesses
If a terrorism-related bill isn’t renewed, steep premium increases may follow, especially for workers’ comp.
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Datebook
Tuesday “The World Comes to Maine: An Immigration Update – Who, Why, How, From Where?” noon to 1 p.m., part of the World Affairs Council of Maine’s Global Connections Noontime Series with Andrea Summers of ILAP. Held at at CIEE, 300 Fore St., second floor, Portland. Bring a lunch. Free to members, $10 suggested donation […]
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On the Move
NEW FACES • Mark Berry was named president and chief executive officer of Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park. Berry, of Princeton, was previously executive director of Grand Lake Stream-based Downeast Lakes Land Trust. He previously managed Oregon’s 34,000 acre Pine Creek Conservation Area. • Joanne Bean joined Saint Joseph’s College as vice president […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Ruling strikes the right balance between D.C. gun rights, safety
Given the city’s murder toll, requiring owners of firearms to take a short class and a minor test is a sensible precaution.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Only LePage has record of private, public achievement
Who is Eliot Cutler and why does he want to be my governor? To be honest, I had never heard of him prior to the 2010 election and after the results were known, I didn’t hear from or about him again. Now that we are on the verge of the next election for governor, he […]
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Letter to the editor: Even racial slurs deserve constitutional protection
Re: “N.H. police commissioner resigns in wake of Obama slur” (May 20): Although I cannot condone the actions of Robert Copeland of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, who used the “n” word to refer to an elected government official, I will applaud him for standing up for his First Amendment rights. He still believes in the Constitution! […]