Mulligan, Joan C. 91, formerly of Scarborough, in Yarmouth, Feb. 23. Arrangements by Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home, South Portland. …
March 2023
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Obituary: Russell Earle Shumaker
BATH – Russell Earle Shumaker passed away on Friday Feb. 24, 2023, at Midcoast Hospital, Brunswick. He was born April 3, …
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Death Notice: David Lewis Phillips Sr. MD
Phillips Sr., David Lewis MD 85, of Scarborough, Feb. 9. Arrangements by Hope Memorial Chapel, Biddeford. …
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Weak arguments against higher fines for distracted driving
Increasing fines won’t give police greater latitude to enforce Maine’s law. Can’t afford the fines? There’s an easy way to avoid them.
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Letter to the editor: Career and technical education is the way forward for Maine young people
Kudos to the Maine Legislature for its efforts to expand career and technical education to middle schools. L.D. 33, a bill sponsored by Sen. Joe Rafferty, D-Kennebunk, would allocate funding for existing career and technical education centers to provide programs for our middle school students. Earlier legislation set up pilot programs to test the need […]
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Court deals blow to $500 million fish farm plans on Midcoast mud flats
The proposed salmon-raising facility in Belfast got a setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that sorts out who owns a parcel of intertidal land.
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Janelle LoSciuto tapped as PR manager at Rinck Advertising in Lewiston
NEW HIRES Janelle LoSciuto has joined Rinck Advertising in Lewiston as a public relations manager. LoSciuto brings a dozen years of professional experience in communications, community relations, development and nonprofit leadership to Rinck, a marketing and advertising agency. Most recently, LoSciuto founded and led Vibrant Communication Strategies in Westbrook. Previously, she served as executive director […]
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Letter to the editor: Complexity of opiate use disorder treatment overlooked
I was deeply disturbed by a front-page article of Feb. 25 (“Kennebunk doctor had history of writing life-threatening opioid prescriptions, new documents say”). I am a physician with no knowledge of the particulars in the case against Dr. Merideth Norris. That being said, treating patients with opiate use disorder is a demanding and emotionally stressful […]
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Letter to the editor: Inspired by the L.L. Bean lawsuit
(In response to our March 1 story “Over a century since launching its famed boots, L.L. Bean sued over a ‘waterproof’ claim.”) Let’s thank that lady from New York Who shopped at Bean’s to her regret Deep water caused her zippered boots To make her little tootsies wet. A refund with no questions asked? That’s […]
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Commentary: Maine needs more high schoolers to pursue higher education
A shortage of teachers leads to a shortage of college students. A shortage of college students leads to a shortage of teachers. We must break this dangerous cycle.