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January 1, 2012

Cornville man, 21, dies in crash

CORNVILLE — A 21-year-old man was killed Friday night after a single-vehicle crash on West Ridge Road.
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January 1, 2012

OUR OPINION: Iowa, NH voters have no elite status this year

With only two days to go until the Iowa caucuses and a little more than a week until the New Hampshire primary, political junkies in the other 48 states are supposed to be consumed with jealousy.
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January 1, 2012

MaineCare a brilliant idea abused by outsiders

Maine must be congratulated for being the most compassionate state in the union. When it initiated it’s MaineCare system, it was the envy of others for taking care of its needy, young and old and anyone in financial need. That was then, but when the rolls doubled in 10 short years, a red flag should […]
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January 1, 2012

DA bids happy retirement to valued office employee

Friday was Ruth Stevens’ last day in the Somerset County district attorney’s office. She has been our office manager since 1980, when Jimmy Carter was our president. I have never known any employee to be as efficient, competent and intelligent as Ruth. She has overseen an office that handles about 3,500 criminal cases each year […]
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January 1, 2012

We need to tighten rules governing welfare, aid

What happened to the governor’s common sense? Paul LePage is embarrassing even his staunchest supporters. I wanted a governor who would do something about our welfare system. Tax dollars are used for welfare when they should be used to provide support while a person who is capable of working gains the tools they need to […]

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January 1, 2012

LIZ SOARES: Calendar conundrum: Love to look at them, hate to use them

Today I will relish opening up my new calendars, and placing them on walls, desks and in my purse.
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January 1, 2012

PRO: Affordable Care Act is a hopeful step forward

The United States has a terribly dysfunctional health-care system, unique among the rich countries in the word in its waste and abuse of its citizens.
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January 1, 2012

CON: ACA already sending costs through the roof

There may never have been a law more misnamed than the Affordable Care Act.
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January 1, 2012

OUR OPINION: Donn Fendler’s story has lessons for all

Seventy-three years ago, a Boy Scout from Rye, N.Y., got separated from his hiking group on Mount Katahdin.
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January 1, 2012

Jan. 1 babies react differently to holiday

Wouldn't it be great if you never had to work on your birthday? If schools always closed on your birthday? If the whole world put on funny hats and blew noisemakers to usher in your birthday?