THORNDIKE — Valedictorian Anna Piotti questioned whether she was worthy of her role at the Mount View High School graduation Sunday.
June 2012
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Benjamin Pollard comfortable in the middle
PORTLAND — Benjamin Pollard knows he sometimes sounds like a Republican. That’s why he believes he’s the best Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: U.S. education system should try competition
America has tried everything to improve its educational system, and has failed. Everything.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Transportation needs of seniors will increase with growing numbers
As if we did not have enough to worry about, with rising gas prices and an increasingly expensive highway system, one more transportation crisis lurks around the corner: The baby boomers are getting older.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Election officials stay on top of voter fraud
When a report showed that thousands of registered voters in Florida were, in fact, dead, it played directly into the suspicions that some have about the prevalence of voter fraud.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A universe of sound awaits preservation
The classic, justly admired Simon and Garfunkel album, “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” has sold 25 million copies around the world since its release in 1970. But when a newly re-mastered edition came out last year, Roy Halee, one of the disc’s producers, made a startling admission — because the master tapes for the disc were in such terrible condition, the engineers doing the sonic spit-and-polish might have been better off finding a pristine vinyl copy for their work.
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No survivors in plane crash
LAGOS, Nigeria — A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria’s largest city on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation.
Posted inSports
MLB: Bard’s wild outing hurts Red Sox
TORONTO (AP) — Daniel Bard the starter isn’t acting or pitching like Daniel Bard the reliever, and the results aren’t pretty.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Obama’s bookkeeping creative, short of reality
On May 24, President Barack Obama said, “Federal spending since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any president in almost 60 years.” On May 25, The Washington Post — not noted for its conservatism — said the claim “falls short of reality.” This is because Obama included the 2009 $151 billion […]
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Foes of east-west highway have legitimate concerns
In your recent article, “Vigue turns ambition to an east-west highway,” Peter Vigue calls the opponents of the east-west highway “unprofessional,” “threatening” and even “ecoterrorists.” He says, “This is not the way we do things in Maine” To set the record straight, the majority of people who are raising their voices in opposition to the […]