His nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is a champion of charter schools and voucher programs.
December 2016
Posted inBusiness
Michelle Singletary: Ten reasons you do want yesterday’s paper
News throughout the past year holds valuable lessons for our personal financial activity.
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Posted inOpinion
Curb elderly drivers? Not so fast
Using age alone to decide a person’s fitness to drive has become, for many states, a policy of the past.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Seeds of job exodus sown long ago
What we think of as ‘new realities’ were noted after World War II, when labor defenders warned of seismic economic shifts.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: There’s a perfect gift that just keeps giving
Month after month, you’ll never forget that one solid Christmas present.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: American Christmas is a celebration of welcome
All the world’s civilizations come together here to build one culture that excludes no one.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Snow white birds a product of aberrant plumages
Albinism and leucism are two conditions that result in unusual pigmentation.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Free trade is not the job-killer columnist makes it out to be
Trade agreements have benefited U.S. consumers and producers alike; tearing them up would be a mistake.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Even an ice idea has downside
It’s easy to forget some cold, hard – really hard – facts when gearing up for skating fun with a lesson-bound granddaughter.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Outdoors Calendar
TUESDAY Fly Tyer Fun, 6:30 p.m. in Yarmouth The Gray Ghost Fly Tyers welcome Dick Soucy, who will tie two streamer patterns: the Inverted Red Tail Black Ghost and the Bunny. Soucy is a Registered Maine Guide, a certified fly casting instructor, a drift boat builder and a fly fisherman for 50 years. Meet at […]