“OK, ladies, we’re playing Texas Hold’em tonight.” “Martha, what’s the ante?” “Mildred, it’s a $10 gift card for Day’s Jewelers!” [Martha deals out the cards] “Are you alright, Martha? You seem tense.” “Dottie, I’m mad as hell. I keep thinking about all the lies told in ‘What’s God Got to Do With It,’ the new […]
2021
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Letter: There’s still time to address pollution
Over the past several decades, pollution in the United States has increased dramatically, causing harm to the citizens of the nation and the ecosystems around us. In fact, from 2016-2018 alone, air pollution increased by nearly 6% throughout the nation. But to worsen the issue, the United States produces the largest amount of plastic pollution […]
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Letter: Balentine knows true meaning of the holidays
Thank you, thank you, thank you John Balentine for pulling back the curtain and hopefully opening the eyes of so many to the true meaning of both Thanksgiving and especially of Christmas (“Here’s Something: Have yourself a joyful little Christmas,” Dec. 16). Both of these holidays can, if we allow them to, bring us thankfulness […]
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Letter: Build Back Better would mean better health care
The Build Back Better plan ensures health coverage through the Affordable Care Act for 9 million people who might otherwise not be able to afford health insurance. It would open coverage for 2 million people in states that cruelly refuse Medicare expansion. It would invest in a caring community support infrastructure for the most vulnerable […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Vehicle crashes into Lewiston Laundry Center on Monday morning
The woman who was driving the car is not believed to be seriously injured.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Fast-spreading omicron variant becoming dominant in Maine
Newly released data show that omicron went from less than 1% of COVID-19 cases in the state to 10% in 1 week this month, and it already may be causing the majority of new cases statewide.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Edward O. Wilson, Harvard biologist known as ‘ant man,’ dead at 92
Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes as an author and transformed the field of biology.
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People & Business: Dec. 29
New Ventures leader honored, announces retirement Gilda Nardone, who has shepherded New Ventures Maine from its beginnings as a homemakers advocacy group to the statewide organization it is today, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Merle Nelson Women Making A Difference Award. The award was presented at a celebration of Nardone’s 43 years […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Climate change is ravaging the planet. We have to act.
The U.S., as one of the nations responsible for the most emissions, bears a special responsibility to move quickly now to cut carbon.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
John Micek: A reminder of what we’ve gained, and could yet lose
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An appropriately picturesque walking bridge connects the Visitors’ Center at Colonial Williamsburg to the meticulously recreated historic site about a mile away. And every step along it is a step backward into our tangled, jumbled, and often painful history as a nation. At regularly spaced intervals, plaques set into the concrete remind […]
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