A $400,000 advertising campaign targeting independent candidate Angus King is part of a multi-state effort by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to win a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate.
July 2012
Posted inCelebrations
Rita and James Cote
WATERVILLE — Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cote of Waterville celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2012. They were honored at a celebration hosted by their children.
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Posted inCelebrations
Knowles, Warden
WINTHROP — Paul Knowles and Lynn Plourde of Winthrop are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kylee Knowles to Matthew Warden, son of Charles and Annette Warden of Newington, Conn.
Posted inCelebrations
Pignanilli, McGee
WATERVILLE — Tracee Pignanilli and Daniel G. McGee were married July 10, 2012, at the home of the groom’s grandparents, Richard and Sheila Lutz, in Waterville.
Posted inOpinion
Just by visiting, Romney sends allies a powerful message
A generation ago, it was the three I’s. A presidential challenger’s obligatory foreign trip meant Ireland, Italy and Israel. Mitt Romney’s itinerary is slightly different: Britain, Poland and Israel.
Posted inOpinion
How summer makes kids dumber, fatter
It’s July, and for many of us, that brings back fond childhood memories of family vacations, summer camp or long, happy days spent playing with friends. But this quaint notion of summers as a kids’ paradise is dangerously misleading, evidence from social research suggests.
Posted inNews, Politics
DC Notebook: Collins fights to free chimpanzees from test labs
WASHINGTON — About 500 chimpanzees now living in government test labs may get second lives thanks to legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Posted inNews
Remembering Colby College art curator Hugh Gourley
The first time I met Hugh Gourley, I was quaking in my shoes.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Either we need new state marketer, or LePage needs lessons
Maine should consider hiring a new head of marketing because the guy who has the job now, Gov. Paul LePage, is doing a lousy job at giving the state some positive press.
Posted inSports
ON BASEBALL: Sea Dogs players rely on faith
PORTLAND — When reliever Josh Fields jogs in from the bullpen, entering a game in the late innings, the routine is the same.