Fireworks for years were handled by trained professionals and done at a restricted area that was closed to spectators. Therefore, here’s what I have say about the use of fireworks by anyone who wants to buy them: * Children get badly burned; just read the recent news. * Some adults do not follow the ordinances […]
July 2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
27,000 to be cut from Medicaid are Maine people
In the article on the July 11 Kennebec Journal front page, “Pingree: Block LePage plan to cut 27,000 from Medicaid rolls,” the governor is quoted as saying Pingree is “putting her ideological views ahead of the Maine people.” Aren’t those 27,000 people to be cut from Medicaid rolls part of the Maine people? Perhaps the […]
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BILL NEMITZ: Milbridge woman gets chance to share story of being raped while in military
It’s been just over a year since Ruth Moore went public — sort of — with her story.
Posted inPolitics
Q&A: Summers’ inside pitchman
Lance Dutson, former head of the conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center, has quickly moved from outsider to insider. Now he’s managing his first political campaign, for Maine’s GOP U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Summers.
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Carey Kish: Five must-visit state parks for hikers
Maine’s amazing state park system includes 40 individual park units on some 67,000 acres of public land. From the Allagash River to Vaughan Woods, Grafton Notch to Cobscook Bay, there’s a lot to see and do on our state park lands, which accommodate a wide variety of recreational uses. Hiking enthusiasts, especially, can delight in […]
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Boating: Don’t overload your watercraft
A tragedy over the Independence Day holiday involving a 34-foot Silverton cabin cruiser in Oyster Bay, N.Y., brings to light a hazard that may not be at the top of every boater’s list of concerns: passenger and load limits. The investigation into the Oyster Bay tragedy is far from complete; in fact, the craft was […]
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Freshwater Fishing Report
Summer fishing in Maine surprisingly has a lot to offer, despite long, hot days of late. The hex hatch in western Maine is coming on early. The caddis hatches at Moosehead are making evening fishing fun. The salmon have never looked better at Eagle Lake in The County. And the landlocks over at East Grand […]
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Waterville area police; Franklin and Somerset logs
Thefts, vehicle accidents, mischief
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Police: China man’s death ‘suspicious’
CHINA — State police are investigating what they termed a “suspicious” death Friday night of James Dodge. Dodge, 38, was taken from his home by ambulance MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta where he died, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday at the State Medical Examiner’s […]
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MLB: Sox start 2nd half with win in Tampa Bay
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — David Ortiz and hot-hitting Pedro Ciriaco helped set what Boston hopes will be a good tone for the rest of the season.