Different perspectives and spirited opinions came in about last week’s Hampton Beach tale of tip money gained and unknowingly (by the server) lost. The Reader’s Digest version is, my Blue Eyed Yankees Fan and I were in a townie restaurant on a balmy weekend evening, when I saw a guy put a stack of money […]
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Posted inNation & World, News
Osama bin Laden wanted much of his fortune used ‘on jihad’
The will was released Tuesday in a batch of more than 100 documents seized in a May 2011 raid that killed bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland School Board panel wants input from people without kids in schools
PORTLAND — The School Board’s newest committee will hold its first quarterly public forum on March 12 in an effort to increase dialogue between the public and the board. Board member Jon Eder, chairman of the public affairs committee, said the goal of the panel is to engage segments of the population the board doesn’t […]
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta man who willfully drove into oncoming truck gets chance to avoid jail
If Christopher Corliss, 38, fulfills a judge’s order, he can avoid jail time and two felony convictions.
Posted inNation & World, News
Virginia officer slain on her first day on the job to be laid to rest
Ashley Guindon was one of three officers shot Saturday responding to a domestic violence call.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hugh Hefner renews funding for Chicago high school newspaper
He will donate $7,500 a year for five more years to cover printing costs of the Steinmetz Star at his alma mater.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Analysis: Sanders shows Clinton the path to victory in November
Refocusing on young, minority and female voters offers a plan for attacking Donald Trump where he is weakest.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: New costs to erase benefits of Portland’s higher minimum wage
Since Jan. 1, the people who work and live in Portland have faced cost-of-living increases because of a minimum-wage increase. Now some state legislators want to increase gas taxes. And it’s not over yet – other tax increases have happened to pay for better services or other reasons. Soon, within two years, any minimum-wage increase […]
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Letter to the editor: State board offers faint praise for LePage’s education chief nominee
One of the little-noticed aspects of the recent events regarding the nomination of Bill Beardsley to be Maine’s commissioner of education is a recommendation letter written by the Maine State Board of Education to Gov. LePage. State law requires the board to interview candidates and offer its opinion about his or her qualifications. The board’s […]
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Letter to the editor: Tax rate on Social Security should be the same for all
I have paid the Social Security tax on 100 percent of my salary all my life. I find it unbelievable that those making above $118,500 do not have to do the same. Just think: If everyone paid into Social Security on 100 percent of their salary, as lower- and middle-income people have to, Social Security […]