WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Timothy Sterner of Brunswick has received a Bachelor of Science in IT – Security Emphasis degree from Western Governors University Feb. 10. CONNECTICUT COLLEGE The following local students received Dean’s High Honors at Connecticut College: Kelley Frumer of Bowdoinham; Emily Cowan, Natalie Grant, Aidan Sachs of Brunswick; Justin Mendillo, Lucy Sandin of […]
March 2018
Push is on to restore power in N.E. as 2nd storm is on the way
BOSTON Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses from Virginia to New England remained without power Monday, several days after a major nor’easter struck the East Coast, and with another storm bearing down. Residents faced a massive cleanup Monday following the storm, which was blamed for nine deaths, including two children struck by trees. The […]
Powerful nor’easter uncovers shipwreck off Maine coast
YORK (AP) — The nor’easter that battered the New England coast has once again revealed a shipwreck’s remains on Short Sands Beach in York. The York Police Department posted photos Monday that show the skeleton of a ship that’s believed to be a sloop more than 160 years old. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission believes […]
Q&A: Maine’s the 1st but how will ranked-choice voting work?
AUGUSTA Maine officials announced Monday that the state will become the first to let voters rank candidates in a statewide primary election. The system will be introduced during June primary elections, which includes a crowded race for governor. Maine voters will choose among two dozen or so candidates to compete in the general election in […]
Threatening Access for More Than 160,000 Mainers, LePage Joins ACA Suit
Since being signed into law by President Obama in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has allowed tens of millions of people across the country — and nearly 80,000 people in Maine — to access health insurance, and, by extension, affordable health care. Although it was wounded in a landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that […]
Never Time for Daylight Saving
I’m already dreading it. On Sunday, March 11, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time, the practice of moving our clocks forward one hour in the spring and backward one hour in the fall, will commence. When I wake on March 11 at my regular time — which will depend on the pub I was drowning […]
LETTERS
Time for LePage to Comply with Will of the Voters Maine voters approved the expansion of Medicaid with a 58.9 percent approval in the November 2017 election, but the Maine Department of Health and Human Services must provide a plan to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to begin offering this coverage to the […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have been married two years, but my husband and I have been together for more than 10. We have a 3-year-old daughter who has needed a few extra doctor appointments and therapy. My husband makes it to none of these extra appointments, some of which are crucial to her future. We both […]