New hires, promotions, recognitions in the Maine business world
May 2014
Posted inNation & World
U.S. advisers sent to help find kidnapped Nigerian girls
The teenage girls, who have been missing since April 14, may be hidden in a remote forest the size of New England, officials say.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Low-cost flood insurance leads to dangerous development
Towns and property owners should get help with flood-proofing structures, not rebuilding them.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Health care surprise: The doctor is not in
Enrollees in narrow networks discover they have lost access to their regular physician – even though some checked in advance.
Posted inLife & Culture
Kevin Spacey wants Massachusetts woman imprisoned
She is convicted of sending the actor threatening electronic messages.
Posted inOpinion
Alan Caron: The end of aging – the revolution of life renewal has begun
The next challenge for medicine, ethics and public policy will be what to do when people stop dying.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Another face of financial inequality: Working Mainers with heavy student debt
The costs and debt loads are staggering and are having a profound impact on living standards.
Posted inOpinion
Dana Milbank: Rush to blame Hillary Clinton for schoolgirl kidnappings feels like a smear
As secretary of state, she didn’t put a Nigerian group on a terrorist list. Let the conservative rants begin.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Specific ways to fight global warming
Your story on global warming was terrific (“Global warming report warns of climate disruption in Maine, New England,” May 7). Maine may not be experiencing floods, droughts or tornadoes, but our good fortune must not blind us to the fact that we’re still experiencing the insidious impacts of climate change. These impacts will get much […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Sens. Collins, King urged to support EPA’s CO2 regulation effort
Recently the Supreme Court upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s statutory authority under the Clean Air Act to set strong public health safeguards against air pollution that drifts over state lines. Estimated to avoid 34,000 premature deaths annually, the EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution rule was attacked in Congress and then again in courts by the […]