More than 4,000 teenagers die each year in automobile accidents. Many of these deaths are preventable. That is the intent of a bill before Congress that would create a national standard to prepare young people to become safe drivers.
October 2011
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ON MAINE POLITICS: Numbers don’t lie, do they?
AUGUSTA — One of the ongoing arguments between supporters and detractors of Election Day registration is whether or not the practice has led to Maine’s high voter turnout.
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Italy admitted mistake, why can’t Maine?
In Italy, prosecutors, seemingly on leave from a comic opera, insisted that “she devil” Amanda Knox was guilty of murder, no matter what science and common sense indicated. It took four years for justice to prevail. Yet in Maine, supposedly a land of sober Yankee rectitude, for more than 20 years Dennis Dechaine has been […]
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GOP trying to suppress votes by young liberals
The Republicans are trying to eliminate same-day voter registration, claiming there is a voter fraud problem. There is no evidence of voter fraud, and they know it. Their real reason is a shameful attempt to try to suppress the votes of younger and more liberal voters who are more likely to register on election day […]
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In downtown Skowhegan, eyesore soon to be no more
SKOWHEGAN — The three-story building with the flaking yellow paint and vacant windows — Skowhegan’s downtown eyesore — will be gone before the snow flies.
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Dresden girl’s home-school project results in 65-pound white pumpkin
DRESDEN — Sienna Mazone was thrilled when her 65-pound white pumpkin won first prize in the Great Pumpkin Competition at the Common Ground Country Fair.
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Augusta’s downtown sprucing up with paint
AUGUSTA — Several downtown building owners are reaching into the past to create a more colorful, bold future.
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New handicapped placards available
WATERVILLE — Temporary handicapped placards, good for 21 days, are now available to authorized medical professionals to disburse to patients waiting to receive a disability registration plate or placard.
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Red Sox collapse of 2011
The Red Sox collapse of 2011 was capped off by two heartbreaking come-from-behind wins. First, the awful Orioles scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth with two outs off Papelbon. Ouch! Then the Rays came back from 7-0 to the Yankees on a game-winning homer in the 12th! Double ouch! To me, it […]
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Foraging fearlessly for fungi
In the world of edible, wild-mushroom gathering, it’s all about timing.