WASHINGTON — Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jump-starting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats’ ability to harness opposition to Trump and determine whether the Republican president can get his supporters to the polls. For both […]
September 2018
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Politics & Other Mistakes: The 3rd time is not the charm
Throughout her long political career, Janet Mills has never been afraid to kick butt. Until she decided to run for governor. As soon as she announced her candidacy, Mills, the Democratic nominee and Maine’s attorney general, somehow transformed herself from a pit bull with jaws locked onto Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s hind end into a […]
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People & Business: Sept. 12
Hires, promotions, appointments Maine Medical Partners announces the following new hires: Christina DeMatteo, D.O., MPH, Nicholas Dupuis, D.O., Arthur Kehas, M.D. and Christopher Withers, M.D., all in hospital medicine; Colin Phillips, M.D., Lisa Thomas, M.D., Jordan Leyton-Mange, M.D. and Edward Sze, M.D., all at MaineHealth Cardiology; Rebecca Harvey, M.D., otolaryngology; Jillian Gregory, D.O., critical care pediatrics, and […]
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The Universal Notebook: Immigrants are US
The United States is a nation of immigrants. The majority of us welcome them, because we understand they are us. According to a June Gallup poll, 57 percent of Americans oppose Trump’s wall, 83 percent favor a path to citizenship for Dreamers, and 84 percent believe immigration is a good thing for the country. So […]
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We are never alone
My first love, my first hero, my 86-year-old dad died nine years ago this week. On a Tuesday, like so many days that summer, I drove him for a platelet transfusion to treat his terminal blood disorder. Who could tell it would be his last? He spiked a fever during the procedure, so I rushed […]
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Here's Something: What would JFK think of today's Democrats?
As a result of recent primary elections, the Democratic Party’s stripes have been revealed. The socialists are out. Loud and proud. The Donkey party’s ultra-left progressive membership rocked the vote in recent primaries and successfully nominated ultra-left ideologues for the November election. Ayanna Pressley in Massachusetts and fellow Congressional hopeful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York […]
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Superintendent's Notebook: Courage leads to success
If you moseyed down Main Street in Freeport the past couple of weeks you saw crosswalks filled with parents and kids shopping for back-to-school outfits, pens, markers, notebooks, and L.L. Bean backpacks. Glimpses of leaves turning on the trees could be spotted here and there. The faces of Regional School Unit 5 kids, parents, and […]
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Portland Meetings: Sept. 12-21
Portland Wed. 9/12 5:30 p.m. Finance/Economic Development Committee CH Wed. 9/12 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Subcommittee CH Wed. 9/12 11 a.m. Portland Disability Advisory Committee CH Thur. 9/13 5 p.m. Board of Commissioners Public Hearing CH Thur. 9/13 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission CH Thur. 9/13 5:30 p.m. Nominating Committee CH Mon. 9/17 5:30 […]
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Portland Police Beat: Sept. 12
Arrests 9/2 at 2:29 p.m. Jake Ducharme, 20, of Portland, was arrested on Elm Street by Officer Anthony Stewart on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 9/2 at 3:07 p.m. Allison J. Strout, 34, of Portland, was arrested on Portland Street by Officer Jonathan Whiteman on a charge of public drinking. 9/2 at 3:23 p.m. Arnold G. […]
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Capitol Notebook: Moody swerves to the right
For a Democrat driving through rural Maine, last week was discouraging. Moody for Governor signs lined the roadside, one of the many signals that the newly minted Republican and auto body shop entrepreneur could be tough to beat in November. And if he wins, it’s because his politics have swerved from the moderate ideas he […]