GARDINER (AP) — Maine state police are investigating a fatal crash on I-295 that apparently went unnoticed for as many as five days. Troopers say a passer-by noticed the crashed Honda Civic on Saturday in Gardiner. Investigators believe the crash happened on Monday, Dec. 28. That’s the day the victim, 27-year-old Ian Carter of Gardiner, […]
2016
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Marijuana businesses often run on cash
UNITY (AP) — Medical marijuana caregivers and dispensaries in Maine say they’re often forced to do business in cash because of a disconnect between state and federal law. The Portland Press Herald reports medical marijuana businesses can’t accept credit or debit cards from their customers, often can’t write checks and can’t borrow money through banks. […]
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Lawsuit filed over ombudsman decision
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is being sued over a decision to end ombudsman services through the state Medicaid program. Consumers for Affordable Health Care filed the lawsuit last week. Executive Director Emily Brostek says Mainers need the ombudsman program to help them navigate the health care system to […]
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The Decline of the Middle Class
There is no doubt that the decline of the middle class is a reality. I intend to examine many of the root causes and also offer some avenues to change this trajectory. Many families and individuals have become addicted to accumulating debt. We are consuming more wealth than we produce and have piled up the […]
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It’s Time to Care for Our Own
Military service has taught us to never leave one of our own behind. The time has come for veterans to stand up and be counted. The time has come for us to take care of those being left behind. Our newest generation of veterans (Iraq, Afghanistan) are not being treated in the right way. It […]
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Year-End Musings
This by far has been the most disconcerting past year that has been known to me. The violence we now see as common place is call for alarm. The places that violence has occured include Paris, San Bernidino, again Colorado, to name a few. Is there an answer, or will there ever be one? Donald […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2016. There are 361 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England since 1042, died after a reign of nearly 24 years. On this date: In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold […]
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CALENDAR
TUE/5 MISCELLANEOUS FREE COMMUNITY SQUARE DANCE, 6:30-7:30p.m., Woodside Elementary School, Topsham. All are welcome. Casual dress. 373-1778. JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN AWARD COMMITTEE MEETING, 5p.m., Mid-Coast Veterans Resource Center, Brunswick. Past recipients are invited to meet to review nominations for the award. ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PLANNING: FREE WORKSHOP, 10a.m., University College Bath/Brunswick, Orion Hall, 12 Sewall […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law, “Eden,” is married to my daughter. Eden is now pregnant via artificial insemination. I will never meet the donor and know almost nothing about him. Could this be why I don’t have the enthusiasm for this pregnancy that I should have, since the baby will be my first grandchild? I feel […]