Health care advocates around the State House are discouraged — and, since 2014, they’ve been awfully quiet. There has been no greater mistake during his six years in office than Gov. Paul LePage’s refusal to accept federal Medicaid funding for up to 100,000 people, yet he doesn’t even feel compelled to talk about it. The […]
May 2, 2016
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Going for Broke with Obamacare
Everything about health insurance was confusing, stupid and horrible long before Obamacare came along. Just hearing it was time again to choose your healthcare plan for the next calendar year made some business people I know so sick they had to see a doctor. Not really. We all know the ugly truth about the Affordable […]
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MON/2 PERFORMANCES BOWDOIN MUSIC DEPARTMENT EVENTS: CHAMBERFESTS, 4p.m. and 7:30p.m., Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. Student ensembles will present two different programs of classical chamber music. Open to the public. TUE/3 MISCELLANEOUS CHILDREN’S BOOK SALE, during regular library hours, Patten Free Library, Bath. Books looking for new families. No set prices, asking for donations. FREE […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have a good friend who is a bed-wetter. It’s obvious because he’s constantly doing laundry and his home smells bad at times. We once shared a hotel room, and I was awakened in the middle of the night by a strong smell of urine. He tries to hide his problem, but seems […]
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Youth services agency facing reform following child deaths
CONCORD, N.H. The beating death of 3-year-old Brielle Gage in late 2014 shocked New Hampshire and shone a spotlight on the state’s child protective services agency — one that’s only grown more intense. Roughly a year after Brielle died, 21-month-old Sadence Willott was killed by blunt impact head injuries. In both cases, the mothers are […]
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Malia Obama to enter Harvard in 2017 after taking a year off
WASHINGTON A year off between high school and college is becoming a popular choice for U.S. students and it has caught the eye of President Barack Obama’s daughter, Malia. The White House says the high school senior will enter Harvard in 2017, not later this year as had been widely expected. The elder of Obama’s […]
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Fears of Trump drive immigrants to become citizens
MIAMI On a recent Saturday morning in South Florida, 50-year-old Edgar Ospina stood in a long line of immigrants to take the first step to become an American. Ospina has spent almost half his life in the U.S. after emigrating from his native Colombia, becoming eligible for citizenship in 1990. But with Donald Trump becoming […]