How do you picture the typical American of the future? A prosperous tech specialist, assured of a challenging and well-paid job in a thriving environment? Or retired or nearing retirement, living on a tight budget in uncertain health? Because of two widening gaps – between the wealthy and everybody else and the old and everybody […]
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Home Country: We call it a seasonal waterfloat
Delbert McLain dropped in at the Mule Barn yesterday for a quick cup. He was wearing his usual suit and tie, despite the heat. Usually Delbert does his coffee drinking and socializing out at the country club where the business guys go. We’ve been there, and the chairs don’t fit as well. For the past […]
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Maine offers rebates for buyers of hybrid and electric vehicles
A $5.1 million legal settlement won by Maine against German automaker Volkswagen Group and its affiliates is being used to fund a new statewide rebate program for buyers of hybrid and electric vehicles. The program, announced Friday by Gov. Janet Mills, will provide rebates of $1,000 to $2,000 on qualifying plug-in hybrid and battery-powered electric […]
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Former Hyde School dean to head Maine Academy of Natural Sciences
Former Harpswell resident and Hyde School dean Matt Newberg will be the new head of school at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences. Newberg spent 14 years at Hyde School in Bath, where he served in a variety of roles: teacher, coach, director of the school’s performing arts program, and dean of students and faculty, […]
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Valerie Egar: First Day, Worst Day?
Tiki woke before her 6 a.m. alarm. She groaned. She’d hoped she might awaken with a fever or rash that kept her home from school, but no. Except for the butterflies in her stomach, she felt fine. She pulled herself out of bed and stumbled toward the bathroom to wash her face and brush her […]
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Band is back together at BHS
BIDDEFORD — Biddeford High School’s marching band, after a 10-year hiatus, began practice last wee. It’s comprised of a group of passionate students who are ready to learn and have fun. Right now, the marching band is working on its fall show, which will be performed on Nov. 2. Christopher Ferrell, BHS’s marching band director, […]
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Court affidavit outlines alleged Lebanon strangulation
LEBANON – The suspect charged with aggravated assault who allegedly told police they wouldn’t be able to find him – and was then arrested 2 ½ hours later – faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted of Class B felony aggravated assault for allegedly strangling a man during a fight. A court […]
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Great Diamond Island residents’ bid to secede from Portland falls short
An effort by residents of a Casco Bay island to secede from Maine’s largest city appears to have failed. Residents of Great Diamond Island fell three signatures short of kick-starting the secession effort, the Portland City Clerk’s Office said. “This isn’t going to stop the process,” said Matt Hoffner, co-chair of the Great Diamond Island […]
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The Book Corner
The Fight is Our Fight, The Battle to Save America’s Middle Class by Elizabeth Warren Published by/Picador/Henry Holt & Company 2017 with afterward 2018 Pages 356 Price $17 Paperback Elizabeth Warren is one of the nation’s most influential progressives. She is the senior senator from Massachusetts and is known for always having a plan. Her energy […]
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