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Bill Nemitz: DHHS caseworker explains impossible task of trying to keep up
Between meeting days, document days, court days and other duties, Andrew Schoening never had enough time to handle his large number of cases.
Biddeford selects site for long-debated parking garage
Councilors voted Tuesday to build on the site of the former Maine Energy trash incinerator
Girls’ basketball: Greely, Gorham should be strong again next season
Portland and Gray-New Gloucester are also among teams seen as likely contenders for regional titles.
Boys’ basketball: Next year’s contenders could be a mix of old and new
With many top players graduating, there is room for change among southern Maine’s best teams.
Our View: Only one question answered by police shooting probe
A man died in an instant, but the events that led to his death had been unfolding for months.
Letter to the editor: Raise the age limit to buy guns to 21
The age limit to purchase any gun should be 21, because teenagers are passionate in their feelings and tend to lose control. People in their 20s are starting to think about marriage and having a family, and therefore consider the consequences of their actions more. Also, schools could put cameras on the building grounds and […]
Letter to the editor: To expect progress, reject politicians with big money behind them
“Yes.” That’s all Sen. Marco Rubio needed to say when Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky asked him if he would reject campaign donations from the National Rifle Association. Instead, Rubio ducked, covered and refused to acknowledge his responsibility in Feb. 14’s Parkland massacre. Along with Americans all around the country who care […]
Letter to the editor: Later school start times would give kids much needed sleep
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports a later start time for teens. This is based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s findings that when teens get eight to 10 hours of sleep, they have improved attention, behavior, learning, memory, emotional regulation, quality of life and mental and physical health. Not getting enough sleep each […]