PORTLAND (AP) — Organizers of an effort to have Maine voters allow new slot machines or a casino in York County have told the state it has enough signatures. The Maine Secretary of State’s office says it has received petitions from a group that led a costly effort that failed last spring. The office has […]
December 2016
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Maine resident struck, killed on Mass. interstate
LOWELL (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a 39-year-old man from Maine was struck and killed by a pickup truck on Interstate 495 in Lowell. Police say the truck was traveling southbound when it hit a pedestrian, Lawrence Perham of Bradford, Maine, around 3:20 a.m. Saturday. They say Perham was in the roadway’s second travel […]
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Renowned violinist’s former Maine home auctioned for $130K
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Skowhegan mansion that was once the home of a renowned violinist has been auctioned off for $130,000. The Portland Press Herald reports the 13-room Greek Revival home and land was sold to an area building contractor and his wife on Wednesday. Somerset County real estate records indicate violinist Mary Elise Fellows […]
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Regulators approve $13.4 million to bail out biomass plants
AUGUSTA (AP) — State regulators have formally approved $13.4 million in contracts to bail out struggling biomass companies in Aroostook, Penobscot and Washington counties. The Maine legislature this year passed a law to supplement the prices that the companies get for selling electricity on the regional grid for up to two years. The $13.4 million […]
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Global Warming on a Wartime Footing
Of all the consequences of electing Donald Trump, none may be more dire than his intent to reverse national and international policy on global warming. This vital topic never came up in the presidential debates, leaving Trump to indulge in fantasy. Trump’s State Department nomination of Rex Tillerson prompted alarms about the Exxon-Mobil CEO’s close […]
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LETTER
Classic Misinformation Nick Isgro’s piece in your Dec. 22 issue purporting to claim that eliminating the income tax can alleviate municipal budget woes demonstrates the classic case where misinformation or actual untruths get spread because we take them at face value when they satisfy our preconceived notions. If the Maine Income tax were eliminated, the […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today’s Highlight in History On Dec. 26, 1941, during World War II, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Churchill grimly warned that “many disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us,” but also expressed faith that “the British and American peoples will, for their own safety […]
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To the Old Media – Bah Humbug!
In the last six weeks the liberal pundits and biased reporters of the Old Media have pulled a groin muscle trying to discredit President Trump in advance. First they played up the recount stories to make it look like the vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania were fudged somehow. Then they tried to play […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: It has happened again, another stressful, unpleasant Thanksgiving for me. My husband has out-of-town relatives who fly in using frequent flier miles. They get picked up from the airport on arrival and returned to the airport for departure. They spend a week here eating, drinking and being entertained. NEVER ONCE have they offered […]