Ah, the deep snows of Maine winter are back. How I’ve missed the snow. Snow-white, pure-white, angel-white snow. I rushed out, early morn, longing to see what I have missed since Mother Earth was a year younger. “Ah! There it is!” Radiating from inside only the deepest snows is that magical, marvelous, miraculous ocean-blue luminescence […]
March 2012
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Oval Office meeting tense
WASHINGTON — Taking sharply different stands, President Barack Obama urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his nation’s right to a pre-emptive attack. Even in proclaiming unity on Monday, the leaders showed no give on competing ways to resolve the crisis.
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Strong voters raise budget to keep lights on
STRONG — Voters decided to raise about $9,000 more than what selectmen recommended at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
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Contraception is chemical warfare against women
David Mills’ Feb. 14 letter shows outrage with the Catholic Church’s 2000 year teachings against contraception and same-sex practice. After the Reformation, all Christian denominations condemned contraception until the Lamberth Conference in 1930, when the Christian teaching of 20 centuries was broken. In the 1500s, a Protestant theologian said, “Birth control was the murder of […]
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Patriots use franchise tag on Welker
Welker has been selected to the Pro Bowl for four consecutive seasons. Last year, he led the NFL with 122 receptions.
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Town by town, Vt. tackles corporate personhood
People in at least 52 Vermont communities will use the bully pulpit of that New England institution, Town Meeting Day, to push for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that corporations are not people.
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McCain calls for US to lead on Syria airstrikes
The Arizona Republican says President Obama has taken too soft a stand against President Bashar Assad and his brutal crackdown on his own people.
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Southwest cancels flight after box cutter found
The captain of the Houston-to-Dallas flight alerted airport security and all 97 passengers were taken off the plane and re-screened.
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Limbaugh calls apology sincere as advertisers abandon radio program
Two more of Rush Limbaugh’s biggest advertisers have left his show after he branded a college student a ‘slut’ and ‘prostitute’ and asked her to post online sex videos. But Limbaugh says the companies are easily replaceable.
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Sen. Kerry: Snowe’s departure a loss for region
Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts says the gridlock that drove Maine Republican Olympia Snowe’s decision is an indication of “why our nation is in trouble.”