I voted for Paul LePage because he campaigned to take care of Mainers.
December 2011
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
History of Medicare shows eligibility expansion
Over the next few months, legislators will discuss MaineCare costs, not just for this budgetary year.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Elderly paid their dues with lifetime of hard work
They have long paid their dues by working hard all of their lives, and now Gov. Paul LePage (who didn’t even attend the first day of hearings) is trying to cut the low-income elderly of low-cost drugs and needed services. It should be their turn to get a little help.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Cony rallies to win Tiger Invitational
GARDINER — The momentum over the final four matches Saturday at the Tiger Invitational wrestling tournament was on Cony’s side of the floor, and it built with each succeeding victory.
Posted inAyla Reynolds, News
UPDATE: Waterville toddler still missing; abduction feared
Police: 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds may have been abducted.
Posted inNews
Skyline lift at Sugarloaf Mountain now running
Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans
From left to right, Meredith Strang Burgess, Doug Stewart, Chris Proulx and Chad Coleman, are the first skiers to ride the brand new Slyline lift at Sugarloaf Mountain Saturday morning. Saturday was the first day of operations for the rebuilt lift that was closed last season’s lift accident.
Posted inNews
This weekend’s police log
Augusta FRIDAY At 9:10 p.m., police received a report of a motor vehicle burglary on High Street. 9:35 p.m., police received a report of a motor vehicle burglary from the Regal Cinema parking lot on Marketplace Drive. SATURDAY At 1:06 a.m., police arrested Meaghan Strickland, 33, on an arrest warrant. 1:21 a.m., a disturbance was […]
Posted inNews
Dems challenge LePage’s math
Gov. LePage says there are more people on welfare in Maine than people paying income taxes. Critics say his statistics are wrong and purposely misleading.
Posted inNation & World, News
Obama wants tax cut extended for entire year
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be “inexcusable’” for lawmakers not to lengthen the short-term deal when they return from their holiday break. The bill, passed by the Senate shortly before the president spoke briefly at the […]
Posted inNews
Snowe, Collins approve payroll tax cut
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine voted in favor of a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut today, but split their votes on a $1 trillion spending bill.