Approval of the Mary McIntire Davis Trust’s development proposal in the town of York would affect the entire state. Approval of the plan would create a traffic nightmare and a danger to pedestrians, bicyclists, residents, tourists – and especially children. Worse, the winter population of 14,000 swells to 51,000 in summer, with as many as […]
2018
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: City’s initial effort to protect character of Munjoy Hill is failing
Despite a moratorium and zoning modifications, there has been no reduction in the flow of demolitions and construction of oversized condominiums on the Hill.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Dana Milbank: No switchboard answer at White House: It’s not functioning at this time
Top aides, wall funding, the stock markets and more are unreachable now. Please try again later.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Shutdown over border wall won’t hurt Trump or Republican Party
He’s trying to control immigration like his base wants, and history shows shutdowns rarely affect subsequent elections.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t allow Mainers with mental illness to languish in jail
The plight of a Brunswick man kept behind bars while awaiting treatment points to bigger issues.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Robert Koehler: Is Yemen in our future?
“They must kill and continue to kill, strange as it may seem, in order not to know that they are killing.” — Rene Girard, Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World Socially sanctioned killing is called war. The word “war” may be the most powerful word in human history, because it creates a mask of respectability […]
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Epiphany celebration nearing at Christ Church in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — To mark the Epiphany, also known as Twelfth Night, Christ Church at 6 Dane St. in Kennebunk, will finish the Christmas season with a joyful concert of Christmas favorites and sing-along caroling at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 6. Traditionally celebrated on Jan. 6, the “twelfth day of Christmas” (as in “A Partridge […]
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Suspect charged with Bridgton stabbing was angry about relationship
An 18-year-old man who police say tried to break into a Bridgton apartment on Christmas Day before stabbing a resident was upset because he believed a woman who had promised to spend the night with him instead spent the night with the resident, according to court documents. But Tyler J. Loisel, 18, of Clinton, charged with […]
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Deaths of two children raise doubts about U.S. border agency
HOUSTON (AP) — The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S. border authorities to care for the thousands of minors arriving as part of a surge of families trying to enter the country. An 8-year-old boy identified by Guatemalan officials as Felipe […]
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‘Book Ninjas’ teen book group to meet Jan. 4
The Book Ninjas Teen Book Group will meet at McArthur Library in Biddeford from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4. Avid readers in grades 6 to 12 are invited to the monthly teen book group. Pick from a large selection of advanced reader copies and talk about whatever you’ve been reading. McArthur Library is […]
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