Time isn’t healing Lisa Colfer’s wounds, it’s just numbing the pain.
April 2011
MIKE TIPPING: Chemical vote, column show GOP breaking with LePage
This past week, two very unusual and very public political rebukes were delivered to Gov. Paul LePage from his own party.
Looks like you picked wrong guy, if you want long-term commitment
Dear Annie: I’ve been with “James” for six years. He is 57. We get along great and enjoy each other’s company. We both own our homes.
RICHARD CONNOR: Where is the action voters expected from campaign promises?
All the Republicans, and even some Democrats, who ran for Congress last fall promised to do something about the federal government’s out-of-control budget deficits.
Veteran supports ban on smoking in private clubs
I served in the military for more than 30 years. I am also a Republican who supports Democratic Rep. Anna Blodgett’s proposed L.D. 1230 to ban smoking in private, veterans clubs. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, less than 35 percent of veterans smoke, including those from Iraq and Afghanistan. Each year at taxpayers’ […]
WHAT IS PET PLASTIC?
* PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic resin and a form of polyester.
MAINE COMPASS: Maine’s significant contribution to Civil War
At the end of a quiet corridor on the fourth floor of the State House hang the portraits of Maine’s three Civil War governors: Israel Washburn Jr. of Orono, Abner Coburn of Skowhegan and Samuel Cony of Augusta.
OUR OPINION: GOP’s budgeta call to arms for great change
When is a budget not a budget? When it’s not so much about dollars and cents as about politics and public perception. When the person who conjured up the numbers for the budget says it’s not really about the numbers.
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Injury doesn’t slow Vigue at Thomas
The broken index finger on Cody Vigue’s right hand isn’t even a nuisance at this point. As a matter of fact, the Skowhegan Area High School graduate is using the injury as a teaching tool.
Morning Sentinel correction: April 10, 2011
A Page A1 story Friday about a proposed name change for Benton Elementary School misidentified school board member Kara Kugelmeyer.