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PublishedAugust 25, 2024
Dick Polman: Tim Walz and the power of heartland authenticity
Tim Walz is the kind of guy Democrats have long needed on the national ticket. Fairly or not, Dems have long been perceived as coastal elitists who can’t emotionally connect with flyover country. But here’s this two-fisted pep-talking plain-speaking duck-hunting neighbor-helping school-teaching pigskin-loving flannel-wearing hunk of homespun Americana, and it’s no wonder the delegates went […]
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PublishedAugust 23, 2024
Gordon L. Weil: Harris, Trump promises depend on Congress
Promises, promises. Presidential candidates make them. Voters complain that they don’t keep them. Promises reveal a candidate’s political views, but often they cannot be kept. Keeping them most likely depends on the president’s party winning majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate. This year, the presidential election takes place alongside races for all 435 […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Bath Iron Works starts work on latest warship
The Bath shipyard marked the beginning of fabrication for the future USS Richard G. Lugar on Wednesday.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s red scarf murder
It was late in the evening on Saturday, May 26, 1951, and Shirley Mae Coolen had just left her job at the Bowdoin Hotel restaurant at 115 Maine St., Brunswick. The popular waitress then walked up Maine Street toward Park Row, expecting to meet her ex-husband in front of the Pastime movie theater. It was […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Sustainable living: How to dispose of unwanted electronics
We all use cell phones, computers, telephones, e-readers, gaming systems, and other electronics. And of course these devices wear out, become obsolete, or cease to suit our needs. So what to do when upgrading to a new device or just ridding oneself of an old or broken one? Throwing it out with the trash might […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
The Maine Idea: Maine strikes a new stance on monuments
Sometimes, creating a national monument is a lengthy and tortuous quest. Other times, it seems just to slide right through, as if leading a charmed life. Maine was treated to milestones of both sorts last week. The visitor center for the Maine Woods and Waters National Monument was officially opened by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, […]
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PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Just a Little Old: ‘Circle of sawdust’ bedazzles the reader
Rarely do I come across an obscure book put out by a small publisher that totally blows me away. That just happened, when my savvy stepson Andy Barker gave me a book entitled, “Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic.” The book was written by Andy’s friend Rob Mermin, […]
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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
Cooking at the Cove: August refreshers and versatile veggies
The homemade lemonade I loved when I was a youngster has given way to this deliciously tart and oh-so-revitalizing lemon refresher. This drink can be served as a mocktail for grownups (it probably won’t be sweet enough for the kiddos), and if you want to add a shot of vodka or gin for a little […]
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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
LC Van Savage: The man with three names
Whenever there was a movie with him in it, I wanted to see it, no matter what size role he played. I never could remember his name so always called him, “You know, that guy with the three names. Played Capote, remember?” And someone always did. Now he’s gone and it is such an awful […]
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PublishedAugust 19, 2024
Elwood Watson: The Republican attack against hungry school kids
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats ratified ample changes during the two years they’ve had control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQIA+ rights to tax credits and other forward initiatives aimed at making life easier for families. Walz has been an activist governor of Minnesota with a […]
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