I am a 70-year-old Maine resident with a federal pension. Due to recent Maine legislation, I was able to reduce my taxable income by $25,000 because my income was from a pension. Although I am happy with this exemption, my objection is: Why is my pension income getting this exemption and younger taxpayers with earned […]
March 2023
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Ukraine continues to prove that war is indeed hell
I’ve always thought a permanent draft would do much to deter U.S. interventionism. I’ve recently come to believe that interventionism is sometimes necessary.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: State ‘surplus’ a chance to set Maine up for a better future
For years we’ve been running at a deficit when it comes to meeting the needs of ordinary Mainers. Let’s turn that around.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Forum: The wide availability of marijuana serves Mainers well
Heather D. Martin’s column posted Feb. 14 titled, “Mainewhile: Absurd concentration of pot shops a reason to worry?” begins with the author expressing sadness that the “tumbledown junk shop” she passes daily is closing, and readily admits in the next paragraph she “had never once, not in the many decades of driving past, gone into […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Clarence Nelson Pelletier
PORTLAND – Clarence Nelson “Skip” Pelletier, 91, passed away in Portland on March, 2 2023, after a period of declining health. …
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Obituary: Robert G. Steffens
ALFRED – Robert G. Steffens, 86, of 4 Waterboro Road, Alfred, Maine, died on Feb. 21, 2023. He was born Jan. …
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Obituary: Ruth Anna Lowell
WESTBROOK – Ruth Anna Lowell, 97, of Westbrook, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in …
Posted inDeath Notices
Death Notice: Clarence Nelson Pelletier
Pelletier, Clarence Nelson “Skip” 91, in Portland, March, 2 2023. Hobbs Funeral Service. …
Posted inDeath Notices
Death Notice: Robert G. Steffens
Steffens, Robert G. 86, of Alfred, Feb. 21, 2023. Private services, Autumn Green Funeral Home. …
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Obituary: Sani Wolf Fogel
ROCKPORT – Sani Wolf Fogel died at her home in Rockport, Maine on Feb. 28, 2023, at the age of 86. …