PALMYRA — Sebasticook Regional Land Trust will host a paddling trip at Madawaska Bog from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
July 2012
Posted inCommunity
Tickets to NASCAR event in N.H. up for bid
WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce recently announced that two tickets to the Loudon, N.H., NASCAR race Sunday are up for bid.
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Summer camp volunteers needed
AUGUSTA — Organizers from Viles Arboretum seek a responsible high school senior to assist with the naturalist camp (afternoons only) for one week in July and one week in August. A stipend of $150 per week is included. The time will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Posted inNews
Winslow High graduate’s statements OK’d for N.H. murder trial
Incriminating statements made by a 2008 Winslow High School graduate facing two counts of second-degree murder in New Hampshire can be used against him in court, a judge there has ruled.
Posted inNews
Former UMF chief Kalikow named new president of USM
The University of Maine System trustees on Monday named Theodora J. Kalikow as the new president of the University of Southern Maine.
Posted inSports
CYCLING: Armstrong lawsuit dismissed
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge handed Lance Armstrong a quick setback Monday as he went to court to save his seven Tour de France titles and his reputation as one of the greatest cyclists ever.
Posted inOpinion
MIKE TIPPING: ‘Gestapo’ comment not most shocking of LePage’s statements
The most shocking part of Gov. Paul LePage’s recent comments about the Affordable Care Act isn’t actually the part where he called the Internal Revenue Service the “new Gestapo.”
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Opposing tax cuts to rich does little for economy
It’s amusing to read letters against tax cuts for the rich, as if it’s evil to have money. Some throw out statistics difficult to verify. Others are short-sighted, omitting inconvenient factors. They insist on taxing the rich more and operate solely on the equation’s intake side, as if the spending end does not exist. If […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Will tax mess ever be fixed? Maybe next year
It’s far too much to hope that a divided Congress, split between Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House, could find any agreement on tax reform with a Democratic president facing a tough re-election battle.