Question 1 is about Maine’s conscience. Examine your conscience, as a Mainer, and ask if you believe it’s wrong to allow tourists to hunt bears by using dogs to tree them or trash to bait them. Only the rankest kind of amateur would hunt without stalking. Only the rankest kind of hunting guide would sanction […]
October 2014
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Can we believe Maine’s wildlife biologists on bear baiting?
Signs advocating voting “no” on Question 1 populate our roads. There are two signs; where did they come from? One instructs us to “Trust Our Wildlife Biologists.” The larger sign instructs us to “Save Maine’s Bear Hunt.” Let’s take that sign first. Definitions of “hunt” include “to chase and kill (wild animals) for food or […]
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Letter to the editor: Bear hunt difficult even with dogs and baiting
Why make something so difficult illegal? It is hard to sit in the elements, no moving, no talking – sit as still as possible for hours, hoping to see a bear. It is very expensive to buy bait, pay forest companies for sites and gas to go to the sites every other day – feeding […]
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Letter to the editor: Baiting invites bears to our neighborhoods
As a Maine senior, I strongly support our outdoor traditions. Maine has enough beautiful and abundant woods and waterways to keep hunters, fishermen and hikers happy for generations. What I can’t support is baiting our black bears. Training a bear to come to a spot in the woods to feast on stale doughnuts and other […]
Posted inNation & World
Hunt resuming in Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
SYDNEY — After a four-month hiatus, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is about to resume in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, with searchers lowering new equipment deep beneath the waves in a bid to finally solve one of the world’s most perplexing aviation mysteries. The GO Phoenix, the first of three […]
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. Ebola risk will remain until 42 exposure-free days pass
DALLAS — Public health officials said Saturday that it would take more than a month before they can declare the risk of Ebola exposure eliminated here after a patient from Liberia was diagnosed last week with the first U.S. case of the deadly virus. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine must look past mills, create new jobs
Policymakers should focus on other industries that can do for our economy what the paper industry once did.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Riverview psychiatric patients, looking for refuge, find isolation instead
The Augusta-based facility has relied on the use of seclusion and restraints at comparatively high rates, even as national experts have discredited the methods as harmful to mental health.
Posted inMaine, News
Wanderers Database built to help find the missing
Maine safety agencies can get quick information about kids and adults who are likely to wander.
Posted inNation & World
Nation Dispatches
TRENTON, N.J. Enterovirus 68 killed boy, 4, medical examiner concludes A New Jersey medical examiner says a virus that has been causing severe respiratory illness across the country is responsible for the death of a 4-year-old boy. Hamilton Township health officer Jeff Plunkett said that the medical examiner determined the death of Eli Waller was […]