Members of Congress at a hearing in N.H. seek more sharing of successful alternatives.
2016
Posted inNation & World
Vermont marks 225 years since it became 14th U.S. state
The once independent republic has held on to a tendency to go its own way.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
Reflections: Live each day as if it were your last? How exhausting!
The only ones to satisfy a cancer patient’s needs were God and his wife.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: South Dakota governor makes compelling conservative case against ‘bathroom bills’
His veto message says that state government doesn’t need to step into what is really a local school issue.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Mike Tipping: Lesson from Maine: Republicans will fall in line behind Trump
Republicans will find a way to use the likely presidential nominee just as they have followed Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
‘Prince of Tides’ author Pat Conroy dies at 70
Conroy wrote candidly about growing up as a ‘military brat’ and his relationship with his abusive father.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Biddeford students taught dangers of distracted driving
BIDDEFORD — Joel Feldman had a simple question for eighth-grade students at Biddeford Middle School on Friday: Who has a parent who drives distracted? Distracted driving, Feldman explained, includes many things, such as texting, fiddling with a GPS and even using hands-free technologies like Bluetooth to make calls while driving. After he asked the question, […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Biddeford pimp gets more than 4 years in prison
PORTLAND — A Biddeford man who transported his girlfriend from Maine to New Hampshire to prostitute her was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday, the Office of U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty said in a statement. During a hearing at U.S. District Court in Portland, Chief Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced 49-year-old Leo Grondin […]
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Cruz says he’s only Republican capable of beating Clinton
ORONO — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a raucous crowd on Friday at the University of Maine that he is the only Republican presidential candidate capable of beating Hillary Clinton, and he called on supporters of other GOP candidates to join him or risk sending Donald Trump to lose the election. The senator from Texas […]
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Use of alcohol, drugs down in Sanford schools
SANFORD — A biennial survey of Sanford junior high and high school students shows that use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs has decreased across the board from 2013 to 2015. But while the results of the survey are a cause for celebration, not all young people are refraining from use. So school officials […]