Tampa Bay gets its 17 straight home win against Detroit, and its 20th win in their last 22 meetings overall.
2021
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
College football: Villanova overwhelms UMaine, 44-17
Justin Covington rushes for four touchdowns as the 16th-ranked Wildcats snap Maine’s two-game winning streak.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
NCAA women’s basketball: Arizona, Stanford return Pac-12 to prominence
The schools will face off for the national title on Sunday and give the conference its first champion since 1992.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise
The 38-year-old unblushing defender of Donald Trump is facing a possible abrupt end to his once promising career because of a federal sex-trafficking investigation.
Posted inMaine
COVID-19 cases still elevated as Maine CDC ramps up vaccinations
The state’s public health agency reported 280 additional coronavirus cases on Saturday and one more death.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Coverage overplays opposition to West End Historic District
The timing of the story – three days before city councilors reconsider their rejection of historic district status for Munjoy Hill – also is suspicious.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Offer Mainers voter freedom – support top-two open-primary bill
Maine voters still live in a darkened room called the closed primary. In a 2014 New York Times op-ed, Sen. Chuck Schumer urged America to adopt a top-two open-primary system. Sen. Joe Baldacci is sponsoring a top-two open-primary bill in Maine, L.D. 1121. It’s truly democracy in action! In an op-ed in the Bangor Daily […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mend the filibuster, don’t scrap it
Repairs are needed, but ending it altogether is more dangerous than many Democrats realize.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Bills would launch statewide Maine transit planning
Your excellent March 28 editorial, “Our View: Transit plan lays out route for future growth” (Page D2), demonstrates the need for a transportation plan for the whole state if we are to avoid sprawl and keep the quality of life people love in Maine. There are two vital, forward-looking initiatives being heard this year by […]
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Letter to the editor: Towns, voters, state will benefit if Maine moves to online registration
As a Maine citizen, I am very proud of the engagement of our voters and their high rates of participation in elections, even in the most challenging of times. I believe we can further encourage and support Maine citizens’ engagement and participation by adopting an online voter registration system, proposed in recently introduced legislation. In […]