The Christmas spirit has not yet arrived in Augusta. In one day last week, the major problems of the LePage administration burst onto the headlines again as another federal agency sharply criticized the performance of the Department of Health and Human Services. And also last Monday, Gov. Paul LePage sounded a surprising retreat in his […]
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The Right View: Silence deafening about plight of Middle East Christians
Compared with all of the talk of whether to continue to admit Muslim refugees and asylum seekers into the United States, another important aspect of the Middle East inferno is getting relatively less attention. Christians are quite literally being exterminated in the Middle East, and I can find very little evidence that our president really […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: A new hallmark for holiday happiness
Most people I know love this time of year. My wife Katie is one of those people. Katie’s holiday celebration trifecta starts in mid-October, when Halloween decorations start appearing all over the house, inside and out, followed by multiple family pumpkin carving events and then a massive candy procurement program – publicly disapproved by the […]
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Letter: Columnist underestimates ranked-choice voting
Columnist Marian McCue decries ranked-choice voting as a reactionary initiative in the wake of Gov. Paul LePage’s consecutive victories in 2010 and 2014 (“Capitol Notebook: Second thoughts on ranked-choice voting,” Dec. 7). Her opinion mistakes the origins of RCV in Maine, as well as the potential impacts of the reform. RCV has been gaining momentum […]
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Brunswick Teen Center needs last-minute items
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Area Teen Center still needs a few more items to “Fill 50 Bags” and help staffers give local teens a happy holiday. Still needed are 45 Regal Cinema movie tickets; eight ear buds; 15 bottles of nail polish; 30 boxes of dental floss; 27 boy’s winter hats; and 25 candy canes. […]
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Mid-Coast School Notebook: Dec. 19
Military nominee named BRUNSWICK — Eric Kousky of Brunswick, a graduate of Brunswick High School who is attending the University of San Diego, has been nominated to the United States Naval Academy by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. Pingree recently announced her nominees to the United States Service Academies—the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, U.S. […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 18
Arrests 12/12 at 1:07 a.m. Taran S. Waterhouse, 23, of Orchard Hill Road, Dresden, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Matthew Nicholson on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/13 at 12:32 a.m. Adam J. Williams, 35, of Ward Road, Topsham, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Justin Dolci on a charge of operating […]
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Peter Joseph Roane, 58
SEATTLE, Wash. — Peter Joseph Roane, 58, of 12720 Riviera Place, died Dec. 2. He was born in Bathon June 5, 1957, a son of Priscilla L. (Brown) Roane and Paul M. Roane Sr. He graduated from Morse High School in 1976 and Central Maine Community College with a degree in electromechanical technology in 1981. Roane […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: Dec. 18-23
Brunswick Mon. 12/21 7 p.m. City Council TH Wed. 12/23 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Harpswell Tues. 12/22 7 p.m. Marine Resources TH
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Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 18
Arrests 12/9 at noon Steven B. Harris, 51, of Ricker Lane, was arrested on Ricker Lane by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Neugebauer on an outstanding warrant from another agency. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from Dec. 6-13.