Public schools and health and human services will take the brunt since they account for most of the two-year budget.
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LePage’s $35.5 million cuts hit nearly every agency
Public schools and health and human services will take the brunt since they account for most of the two-year budget.
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QUINN'S CORNER – Coffee-shop gang crunches numbers
Bloggers feature tales of how much better things were “in the old days” – 50-cent gas versus $4 gas, and so on. Their riffs are entertaining, but inaccurate. To compare an FDR dollar with an Obama dollar is apples and oranges. Two bits in the 1930s deserved some thought; a quarter today is beneath notice. […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Girls’ Roundup: Capers rally, then get win in OT
PORTLAND – Marlo Dell’Aquila scored 18 points to lead Cape Elizabeth to a 49-45 overtime upset win over Waynflete Thursday in a Western Maine Conference girls’ basketball game. Trailing 40-34 after three quarters, Cape Elizabeth (2-5) held Waynflete (5-2) to just two points in the fourth to force overtime. In the extra session, the Capers […]
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Westbrook’s river visions: Start with docks and ramps?
City official William Baker wants to develop its ‘extraordinary environmental amenity.’
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Westbrook’s river visions: Start with docks and ramps?
City official William Baker wants to develop its ‘extraordinary environmental amenity.’
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States have subsidized makers of assault rifles to tune of $19 million
Taxpayers across the country are subsidizing the manufacturers of assault rifles used in multiple mass killings, including the massacre of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. last month. A Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examination of tax records shows that five companies that make semi-automatic rifles have received […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Food program: A surplus surprise
Many years ago, I learned about surplus food, distributed free by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At that time, I was married and living with my in-laws in South Dakota. They cared for eight foster children and once a month on what she called “pick-up day,” my mother-in-law went to a distribution point to pick […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Food program: A surplus surprise
Many years ago, I learned about surplus food, distributed free by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At that time, I was married and living with my in-laws in South Dakota. They cared for eight foster children and once a month on what she called “pick-up day,” my mother-in-law went to a distribution point to pick […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland police offer chance to turn in firearms
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Police Department is offering residents the chance to turn in firearms, no questions asked. In a press release, Lt. Frank Clark wrote, “As a public service, the South Portland Police Department will accept any unwanted, forgotten, unsafe, or potentially illegal firearms or ammunition with no questions asked. “The department […]