Maine has its first Master Sommelier, a Little Bigs Baker lands at Monte’s Fine Foods, and a Camden chef will cook at the James Beard House.
2019
Letter to the Editor: Interior secretary’s ethical lapses call for comment from Collins
Two weeks ago, the Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt as the new Secretary of the Interior. An avowed supporter of Maine’s environment, Susan Collins supplied one of those yea votes. Bernhardt is a well known former coal/oil industry lobbyist. The list of companies that he must recuse himself from is so long that he […]
Ernest O. Jones
BRUNSWICK – Ernest Oscar “Grampy” Jones, 95, died on April 28, 2019, in Brunswick. He was born on Jan. 22, 1924, in Dennysville, Maine, the oldest child of Arnold and Lillian Leighton Jones. Raised on a farm in Dennysville, he trained as a machinist in Dexter and went to work in Portland. In 1943, the […]
Letter to the editor: State should help Portland pay cost of immigration
Maine should help welcome immigrants by fully funding aid for education and municipal revenue sharing, so cities will have the resources they need.
Maine lawmakers take a step closer to offering pre-kindergarten programs statewide
AUGUSTA — A bill that would set Maine on a course to expand pre-kindergarten programs into every school district won unanimous approval Monday from the Legislature’s Education Committee. But lawmakers also agreed to give school districts more time to develop their programs, setting a deadline of the 2023-24 school year rather than the 2020-21 school […]
Wells High School honor roll
WELLS — Administrators at Wells High School have announced top academic performers achieving distinction on the school’s honor roll for the second trimester of the 2018-2019 school year. SENIORS High Honors Gary Andrews, Alyssa Bacon, Lauren Bartlett, Tyler Bridge, Matthew Chase, Mackenzie Foss, Seamus Graffam, Odin Kammerer, Emilee Mathieu. Brianna Michaud-Nolan, Emily Morrison, Delaney O’Brien, Brianna […]
Gary A. Weaver, M.D.
BRUNSWICK – Gary A. Weaver, M.D., of Brunswick, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Mere Point Nursing Care Facility. Gary was born Nov. 18, 1943, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Velma and Alvin Weaver. He was a graduate of Goshen College and University of Kansas Medical Center. As a conscientious objector, […]
Ruby A. Smith
BRUNSWICK – Ruby A. Smith, 94, of Bath Road, peacefully passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019, after a period of declining health. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be sadly missed. She was born in Dayton on April 18, 1925, in the middle of a blizzard, the daughter of John W. […]
Maine Voices: American opinion changing on socialism
While income inequality has increased, polls have shown growing support for what once was a harder sell.
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