“April is the cruelest month.”Not exactly. In Maine, January-March are pretty cruel, too, when it feels like we are under an ice sheet, as are parts of May, when killer frosts come out of nowhere. .
April 2011
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Farmington District Court: March 10-21, 2011
FARMINGTON — The following cases from March 10-21, 2011, closed in Farmington District Court.
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Children to showcase creative photos
WATERVILLE — Taylor Dawson pointed to her black-and-white photograph of a cellar window that was leaning against the house it was removed from.
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COMMENTARY ON BASEBALL: The daily ups and downs of the Red Sox
It used to be that baseball and the stock market both were long-term investments.
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Taylor’s mural not inspired by socialist realism
At least Judy Taylor’s Department of Labor artwork is removable and, I hope, has been stored carefully until this imbroglio is over. In 1934, Diego Rivera’s fresco “Man at the Crossroads,” which included a clear picture of Vladimir Lenin, was chiseled from the walls of Rockefeller Center when Nelson Rockefeller disapproved of including the communist […]
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What else did LePage say when first seeing mural?
When Gov. Paul LePage made his first official visit to Maine’s Department of Labor, he viewed there the grand 36-foot mural depicting Maine’s labor history. In addition to his now-famous denouncing it as being anti-business, did anyone nearby imaginatively hear him conclude his vocal opinion by muttering: “Bah humbug!” Maal Sibulkin Winslow
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Brunswick psychiatrist’s license suspended
John Matt Dorn, M.D., has his license to practice medicine suspended for allegedly engaging in inappropriate conduct with a patient.
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2 teens linked to 21 burglaries in Lincoln County
The suspects broke into homes and campgrounds at night, stealing all types of items from plasma TVs and outboard motors to copper pipes
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LePage upbeat about next 60 days
The governor says his administration deserves “an A-plus” for its work on such matters as expediting state repayments of a Medicaid debt to hospitals. Now he says he’s focused on advancing his agenda before the Legislature’s mid-June adjournment.