BRUNSWICK The southbound lanes of Interstate 295 in Brunswick were temporarily shut down early Monday morning after a crash left vehicles scattered on the highway. The crash was reported at 5:32 a.m. during a heavy downpour in the area of the Androscoggin Bridge. Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant said there were three vehicles involved. Brunswick […]
August 2016
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Feds to pay $413K for clean-up
BANGOR The federal government has agreed to pay Maine about $413,000 to clean up decades-old hazardous pollution at oil storage facilities. Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills alleged two weeks ago in U.S. District Court that Maine faces $10.8 million in past and future cleanup costs for pollution at former Portland-Bangor Waste Oil Co. sites in […]
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Putin’s Poodle
Paul Manafort’s resignation as Donald Trump’s campaign manager should not surprise us. Nor should the recent allegations of $12.7 million in cash payments to Manafort’s company that advised pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. Manafort has long been Putin’s poodle in Trump’s ever-changing kennel. As an old KGB veteran of the Soviet police state, Putin knows all […]
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The Water Next Time
A disaster area is no place for political theater. The governor of flood-ravaged Louisiana asked President Barack Obama to postpone a personal visit while relief efforts were still underway. (Meanwhile, by all accounts, the substantive federal response has been infinitely superior to the Bush administration’s response to Katrina.) He made the same request to Donald […]
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LETTERS
Asking Bowdoin to Be a Better Neighor Bowdoin College is tearing down an historic house which will leave a hole in a row of stately old homes that help define the quality of our town. As a important college with a very healthy endowment Bowdoin could be on the forefront of preservation and a local […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have been concerned about my parents for some time now. They are elderly and live in a retirement community. They have a very nice home and don’t have to worry about money. The problem is, they drink every day — sometimes from noon to when they go to bed. Many times, their […]