UNITY — Brian Whitney isn’t interested in racing for points, saying his days of chasing track championships are in the rearview mirror.
April 2012
Posted inNews
‘They never knew the guy, but he was family’
AUGUSTA — His life quickly slipping away, Thomas Malloy hid his face in his hands and slouched out of sight as the buggy taking him to the hospital passed by his home.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Stop, look and listenmore relevant now than ever
As our experience with the ever-increasing busyness of life grows greater, so do worries that our focus on technological gadgets is slowly shutting out the world around us.
Posted inNews
Drug money helps police
WILTON — Police Chief Heidi Wilcox is ramping up her efforts to secure more drug money and other assets seized from criminals to help stretch the small town’s police department budget.
Posted inOpinion
Pedestrian loves Augusta,but it sure doesn’t love her back
When Ruth Epperson died from injuries suffered when a car struck her on a North Belfast Avenue sidewalk, it wasn’t just a tragedy for her family and friends. It was a sad day for all pedestrians in Augusta. It’s a scary place out there for anyone on foot.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Invitation to attend Occupiers’ trial this week
Five of the nine people arrested on Nov. 27, following our government’s eviction of Occupy from Capitol Park, will be tried in Superior Court, Augusta, beginning at 8:30 on Wednesday and Thursday. I’d like to issue an invitation for anyone who is interested to attend.
Posted inOpinion
Discovery’s retirement signals America’s downward spiral
WASHINGTON — As the space shuttle Discovery flew three times around Washington, a final salute before landing at Dulles airport for retirement in a museum, thousands on the ground gazed upward with marvel and pride. Yet what they were witnessing, for all its elegance, was a funeral march.
Posted inOpinion
GOP ‘war on women’is a one-sided battle
WASHINGTON — If Republicans are truly engaged in a “war on women,” as the Democrats claim, they are fighting it about as well as Gen. Custer did at Little Bighorn.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Democrats, not Republicans waging war on women
I am writing in response to a recent editorial, “View From Elsewhere — “Ultrasound requirement needs to go before Supreme Court” (April 3) and the April 10 political cartoon.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Budget compromise:Fear of LePage trumps GOP’s word
The last eight days saw a historical first in Maine government as Gov. Paul LePage cast a pair of line-item vetoes to dilute a bipartisan budget compromise.