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PublishedMay 3, 2024
Just a Little Old: John Sununu, shame on you
Once upon a time, there was a good man named John Sununu. He served as governor of New Hampshire. He was a moderate at a time when the word “moderate” was the kiss of death for most politicians. He came across on television as a “good guy,” the kind of guy you’d like to sit […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
MSAD 75 introduces free service to prevent violence in schools
The local school district plans to roll out a new option for students and others to anonymously report potential threats at school before they escalate into violence. Maine School Administrative District 75 Superintendent of Schools Heidi O’Leary told the school board at its meeting on Thursday, April 25, that the district will introduce the service, […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Maria Fotopoulos: Kristi Noem’s dog killing a debacle of her own making
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s bid for Donald Trump’s VP slot on the Republican ticket blew up in recent days, unless the Trump team grossly underestimates how much Americans love their dogs and other animals. Ahead of upcoming release of Noem’s new book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Letters to the editor: Tepler for Senate
Tepler for Senate We were alarmed when we realized that, due to term limits, our wonderful senator, Eloise Vitelli, could no longer be re-elected. But then we were thrilled to learn that Denise Tepler had agreed to be a candidate for this Senate seat (District 24). Over the years, we had worked as volunteers for […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Tom Purcell: National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer is on May 2nd this year. I surely need to get better at praying. Like a lot of people, I don’t pray until things go sour or I have some daunting challenge heading my way. I pray Monday mornings when I’m behind on projects that are due. I pray every […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
The Maine Idea: Progressive income tax makes a small comeback
It was no surprise that Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a modest attempt to return to a more progressive income tax structure. It would have raised taxes for incomes above $500,000 and cut taxes for middle and upper-middle payers. What is surprising is that lawmakers actually enacted a bill raising income tax rates for the first […]
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Bowdoin’s Arctic Museum debuts ‘Northern Nightmares’ exhibit
On May 7, gather your courage and join Arctic Museum staff as they open their newest exhibit, “Northern Nightmares: Monsters in Inuit Art,” opening at 7 p.m. in the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s new home, the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies on the Bowdoin College campus. “Northern Nightmares” celebrates artworks by Inuit artists […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra caps 34th season with range of emotions
The May concerts at the Franco Center in Lewiston and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham consist of pieces by Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, and a symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Peter Roff: It’s time to defuse the public pension time bomb
Across the states, America’s public employee pension plans are a ticking, insolvent time bomb. “For most states,” the Pew State Fiscal Health Project said in July 2022, “unfunded pension liabilities are the largest of three major long-term obligations weighing on their future finances.” Things have likely improved since the end of the lockdowns, but in […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Dick Polman: Despite what Trump’s lawyer says, this is not normal journalism
Todd Blanche, who’s stuck with the hapless task of defending Donald Trump in criminal court, mouthed something in his opening statement that really pissed me off. At first I wasn’t sure I’d heard him correctly, so I checked the trial transcript and lo and behold there it was, on page 90. Blanche tried to tell […]
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