As Steven Michaud leaves his long-time role with the Maine Hospital Association, he reflected on pivotal events during his tenure.
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Posted inSports
Cooper Flagg scores 27 points as Mavericks gain revenge on Cavaliers
The Newport native also dished out 10 assists for Dallas, which lost to the Cavs by 33 points 2 nights earlier.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Saint Patrick’s Parade showers Portland in Irish pride
The celebration by the Irish American Club of Maine had green-clad crowds cheering along Commercial Street on Sunday.
Posted inLetters
Medicaid fraud is not just a blue state issue | Letter
It’s not hard to agree with James Deyermond (“After State of the Union, Maine is faced with a choice,” March 1) that fraud should be rooted out from government expenditures wherever it occurs. Perhaps there is some fraud in Medicaid payments in Maine. What I find troubling is that Mr. Deyermond, as chairman of the […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine poised to end Spanish degree, suspend medical lab degree
The cuts follow the elimination and suspension of 10 other programs over the past fiscal year across the University of Maine System.
Posted inLetters
End partisan election process in Maine | Letter
Your recent editorial on the SAVE Act (March 1) was very well written, thoughtful and intelligent. An act to restrict legal voting certainly does not make sense for we the people. It has a “We the party — let’s win an election” point of view. It is shamefully wrong, but not uncommon, within the partisan […]
Posted inLetters
Maine needs to stop selling its resources on the cheap | Letter
Maine is a poor state because we have a history of selling our resources on the cheap. First, the Europeans came for the fish. For a long time, there were fishing jobs on the Maine coast. The work was hard, dangerous and poorly paid. One can buy a remnant of those fish stocks at Harbor Fish if they […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Identity politics is seeping into economic policy | Jim Fossel
We need to support candidates who rely on logic, not labels.
Posted inOpinion
The crimes in the Epstein files are not as far away as we think | Opinion
We have an opportunity right now – a moral imperative – to stare this moment in the eye and refuse to look away. But how?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The thought police are on patrol at USM | Opinion
The recent cancellation of a conference on Palestine by the University of Southern Maine nauseated me.