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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Emissions sticker revenue should be used for public transit
The state gets $18 million a year that could be used to get cars off the road.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Letter to the Editor: Interior secretary’s ethical lapses call for comment from Collins
Two weeks ago, the Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt as the new Secretary of the Interior. An avowed supporter of Maine’s environment, Susan Collins supplied one of those yea votes. Bernhardt is a well known former coal/oil industry lobbyist. The list of companies that he must recuse himself from is so long that he […]
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Biden plays a game that no longer exists
Many Democrats are pinning their hopes on Joe Biden to unseat Trump in 2020, banking on ol’ Uncle Joe’s experience, name recognition, and support among donors to carry him through to the finish line. It’s not going to work. Here’s how I know: We’ve run this experiment before. In 2016, Democrats ran an experienced candidate […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Letter to the editor: Jail should open drug treatment center
I greatly appreciate the level of compassion and understanding your paper shows to the people in Maine through the diverse and confrontational topics you cover. As a graduate student with the University of Maine in Orono I have been following L.D. 46 – An Act To Establish a Substance Use Disorder Clinic at the Cumberland […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Reunions
Deering High School Annual Luncheon for the Classes of the 1950s, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26 at the Fireside Inn on Riverside Street, Portland. Reservations must be made by June 12. For more details, call Cynthia Snow Simpson at 854-0042 or Jan Hall Jaworski at 797-0560. Portland High School Class of 1969 50th […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Births
Mid Coast Hospital Melina Marie Lovejoy, born April 12 to Ashlee Lovejoy and Jared Lovejoy of Lisbon. Grandparents are Bridgette Chapman of Fresno, Texas, and Sharon and Paul Lovejoy of Brunswick. Great-grandparents are Harriet Neptune of Sidney, Eva Vincent of Sulphur, Louisiana, and Robert Boring of Maryville, Tennessee. Xavier Loring Pushard, born April 14 to […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Briefs
PORTLAND South Portland student gets $1,500 DiPietro Scholarship Portland Water District Board of Trustees President Guy Cote recently presented Keith Nelson of South Portland with the 2019 DiPietro Scholarship. The $1,500 DiPietro Scholarship is awarded annually to a student in PWD’s service area. Nelson, the first in his family to attend college, is pursuing […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Letter to the editor: Pineland could treat animals better
Over the past few years, my young children and I have visited Pineland Farms’ family education program. We are saddened that the cows and calves are not being treated as well as they could be. When we visited in February, the dairy cows were chained by their necks in individual stalls, unable to go outside […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Community Meals
MONDAY Free breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, french toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. Open to all. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. TUESDAY Lunch, noon. Free and open to all. 409 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Provided by Wayside Food Programs and hosted by Avesta Housing. 775-4939. Dinner, […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Events
WINDHAM Church will sponsor e-waste recycling event Windham Hill United Church of Christ will sponsor an Electronic Waste Recycling event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Windham Mall entrance at Veterans Memorial Drive, off Route 302, next to Friendly’s. All monetary donations generated will be used to cover the cost of organizing […]
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