Today will be relatively milder as highs climb into the 20s for the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. A strong nor’easter will move in tomorrow with strong winds and over a foot of snow for parts of Maine.
2018
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Settle in for winter with an informal film club at home
Good movies can be an excuse to get together with friends during the dark winter months
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Posted inDesign, Real Estate
It’s the season of winter storms, so be prepared for outages
A study found that the average outage lasts 6 hours, 10 minutes in major-event severe weather.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Cruise ship visits to Portland expected to surge again in 2018
Portland is expecting 119 berthings, a jump of 82% from just three years ago, and is working to attract more.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Media needs to take different sides on issues for better credibility
Has it ever occurred to readers that our media’s pundits and op-ed and editorial writers take the same ideological position on every issue? How is that possible or even credible? I submit it isn’t and that this predictability renders the entire industry easy to discount or ignore. President Trump cannot always be either right or […]
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Letter to the editor: Keep your heating units, and yourself, safe this winter
I want to remind everyone, especially those with woodstoves, to be sure to have at least two carbon monoxide detectors in their home. One should be placed in the vicinity of the woodstove, but not too close. The second unit is very important, and it should be located in the bedroom. Also, for those with […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins should answer for her vote on the tax law
I don’t get why Sen. Susan Collins thinks (per her Dec. 27 commentary) that most of us Mainers only need a few tax-cut crumbs to pay for our snowmobiling, basketball tourney and unexpected car repair expenses while she gave huge tax cuts to the wealthy who could splurge on more trips to the French Riviera. […]
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Letter to the editor: Call on state legislators to lessen military spending
Thank you for Bruce Gagnon’s column opposing General Dynamics’ request for $60 million in Maine taxpayers’ money (Maine Voices, Dec. 4). The U.S. House of Representatives (including Rep. Chellie Pingree) voted Nov. 14 in favor of $700 billion in military spending – $85 billion beyond the current cap. When will it end? Our lawmakers are […]