2015

After reading Mary Mayhew’s recent op-ed in the Press Herald defending the LePage administration’s welfare reform policies (“Le-Page administration’s welfare reform policies inherently compassionate,” Dec. 5), I began to question my own understanding of “compassion.” It was Jim Means’ subsequent letter supporting Mayhew’s version (“DHHS Chief Mayhew gets that success is moving people off welfare,” […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Altered freshwater inflows unhealthy for Casco Bay

January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

The many years of work by Baykeeper Joe Payne and the Friends of Casco Bay are appreciated. In the Dec. 7 Bill Nemitz column, “Keeper’s quiet power leaves Casco Bay better, but still at risk,” Payne states, “Lately I’ve taken to saying nitrogen is going to be the death of us.” I support this statement […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Cianbro still brandishing corridor ax

January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

It’s been over six years since the Cianbro Corp. published its feasibility study on the 220-mile strip of industrial development known as the East-West Corridor. Since Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue met with strident opposition after airing his plan before the Penobscot County commissioners in Bangor in May 2013, the status of this construction project – […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Observer: Staring winter in the belly button

by Steve Price January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

Using precepts of philosophy and science, it should be possible to transcend it. Not so.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: 2014 bear campaign not first example of agency’s abuse of power

by Don Loprieno January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife also played a partisan role in the 2004 referendum.

Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: We can handle mental-health crises better

by Nancy Pizzo Boucher January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

Here are some recommendations for both those seeking help and those responding to them.

Business

Datebook

January 4, 2015January 3, 2015

Monday Job Fair, 9 to 11 a.m., with more than 15 employers offering a variety of positions at The CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way, Lewiston. All employers will be hiring. Visit www.mainecareercenter.com or call 753-9005 (TTY users call Maine Relay 711). Wednesday Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, 7 to 9 a.m., annual meeting with guest speaker Alex Gray, […]