The Transportation Security Administration-like security screening checkpoint at the State House generated controversy after the Legislature appropriated $546,000 to install it last year.
June 2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Queen’s Jubilee a celebration of the monarchy
It had to come to an end sometime. After days of pomp and pageantry, of waving flags and rousing music, the boats have been moored, the ceremonial uniforms set aside and the bunting taken down.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: No more slack for Army recruits
With combat operations in Iraq at an end and the U.S. presence in Afghanistan winding down, a lot of soldiers are marching home. These cutbacks, which began last year, have consequences.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Vigue denies commitment he assured in Canada
If I heard rightly, on May 31 in front of 700 people in the field house of Foxcroft Academy, Peter Vigue, CEO of Cianbro, denied that Maine had a commitment to New Brunswick to build an east-west corridor through Maine. The St. Croix Courier article “Cianbro president sings praises of potential east-west highway” on April […]
Posted inNews
Vassalboro selectman, school committee seats to be decided Tuesday
VASSALBORO — One selectman’s seat and one school committee position will be decided by town voters on Tuesday.
Posted inSports
NBA: Boston, Rivers happy with season
BOSTON (AP) — Ever since the 1960s, when the Boston Celtics emerged as the most decorated franchise in the NBA, nothing less than a championship has satisfied the team or its fans.
Posted inSports
COMMENTARY — ON BOXING: Old story in boxing hits home for Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS — The outcry in this gambling city was so loud Floyd Mayweather Jr. could have heard it in his jail cell. On the other side of the world, people cried in the streets in Manila, and the presidential palace issued a statement praying for the quick return of their hero’s strength and fervor.
Posted inNews
Valley graduates reflect on growing up together
BINGHAM — When you’re one of a graduating class of only 19, you’re automatically “Famous in a Small Town,” Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High School valedictorian Jennifer Hovey said at Sunday’s commencement exercises.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Next up for Brown — nationals
Waterville junior Bethanie Brown never saw Elle Purrier in the closing meters of the 1,600-meter race, but the crowd at the New England championship told her all she needed to know.
Posted inOpinion
KATHLEEN PARKER: Obama not immune from apathy that surrounds Romney
For the past year, we’ve been relentlessly reminded that Republicans didn’t especially love their front-running presidential candidate.