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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Letter to the editor: Senator’s highway bill is punitive and unhelpful
An increase in Maine’s gasoline tax is overdue; the present rate has been in place since 2011, and the federal tax has been static since the 1990s. Given the ongoing phenomenon of low gas prices, coupled with the recovery from the long recession, it makes perfect sense to use this opportunity to raise the money […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Letter to the editor: American way of death a living hell for patients
If you ask any person how they want to die, most wish for a swift, painless death at home. Few will have such a peaceful passing. When an elderly person in declining health gets ill, usually neither they nor their family members know if this is the end or if this is a brief, treatable […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Letter to the editor: ‘Death with dignity’ a misleading euphemism
Two bills are being discussed in Maine that would legalize assisted suicide in that state. No one who has experienced the devastation caused by suicide would support assisted suicide. Seeing a person about to jump off a bridge, few (if any of us) would go up and push him off! Yet that is just what […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Letter to the editor: Claims of elephant cruelty unwarranted
First, I must admit that my wife and I are supporters of the ASPCA and Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland. We, like many others, cringe when we see those commercials showing abused pets and animals. However with regards to the recent elephant controversy, I feel compelled to support trained animals in the circuses of […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Another View: Servers would lose out with minimum wage change
Why fix a problem that doesn't exist and take money away from people who are making a good living?
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Maine Voices: Sanford steps up to the plate in time of adversity
The police blotter doesn't tell the whole story about a community that knows how to come together.
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Maine Observer: Rural cabin in the rough becomes home
Hard work, bartering and help from friends and family turn a 'tar-paper shack' in the woods into a comfortable homestead.
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
A poet and a printmaker collaborate in ‘Sometimes times’ at Able Baker Contemporary
Terry Winters' prints create a launch pad for poet Mark Melnicove.
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Author Anita Shreve on the fury, inspiration and ‘health-giving’ nature of the ocean
A longtime summer resident of Biddeford Pool, she was scheduled to promote her 18th novel, 'The Stars are Fire,' at several Maine stops until an illness forced her to cancel her tour.
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PublishedApril 30, 2017
Dine Out Maine: Chris Gould’s latest, the Italian off-peninsula Tipo, earns a tip of the hat
Don't miss the pizza.
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