Maine needs to enact common sense reforms of its welfare system. The public funds we devote to lifting our struggling neighbors out of poverty must be used appropriately to reach the end results we seek. Gov. Paul LePage and his Department of Health and Human Services under Commissioner Mary Mayhew have taken many steps in […]
April 27, 2017
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LETTER
Frank J Wood Bridge: A Time to Revitalize After local meetings, public discussions with the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT), input from consulting parties, analysis of the matrix of alternatives provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the rehabilitation of the Frank J. Wood Bridge (FJWB) emerges as the primary solution to rehabilitation or replacement. […]
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Today’s Highlight in History
On April 27, 1967, Canada’s Universal and International Exhibition, also known as “Expo 67,” began a six-month run as it was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I’m writing because I see a lot of bullying going on at school. One of the bullies is a friend of mine and I’ve asked her to stop, but she doesn’t listen. How I can get through to her so she understands that she’s hurting someone’s feelings? She treats people like they don’t […]
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Angels, ’Birds train together
PENSACOLA, Fla. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds landed in the Cradle of Naval Aviation on Monday for a rare joint training with the Navy’s Blue Angels. “I feel like a little kid right now, standing out here with the Thunderbirds flying overhead, watching them park their jets and getting to shake their hands,” Navy Cmdr. […]
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Cloned kitty thrives at age 15
COLLEGE STATION, Texas At the end of a long gravel road in East College Station, the world’s first cloned cat — now 15 years old — lives in what longtime Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science researcher Duane Kraemer describes affectionately as a “kitty barn.” CC, also known as Copy Cat, was born in […]
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Sylvia M. Becker
GEORGETOWN — Sylvia M. Becker of Georgetown, Maine died peacefully on April 11, 2017. Born Elsa Sylvia Mueser on April 4, 1928 in New York City to Edward and Elsa (Habicht) Mueser, she grew up in Mountain Lakes, NJ. After graduating from Radcliffe College in 1949, Sylvia traveled across Europe and landed in Germany, where […]