Good thing school is out, because Wednesday’s education reform presentation by Gov. Paul LePage and the response by the Maine Education Association would have resulted in failing grades all around.
July 2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
GOP lawmakers put consciences above party
My heartfelt thanks goes out to Meredith Strang-Burgess, Stacy Fitts, Dan Demerit and the other Republicans noted in the July 24 newspaper for putting their consciences in front of their parties in supporting equal marriage in Maine. It is not easy to dive into very difficult policy and social issues, and it’s harder yet to […]
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More to search for Higgs boson than we know
There’s more to the search for the Higgs boson (also called the “God particle”) than the media are permitting to be heard. For example: Is there such a thing as a thing? Many say matter has evaporated. Are the billions being spent in the search being well spent or are they being spent on a […]
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Kneading Conference key note speaker says local food could be key to reviving economy
SKOWHEGAN — When the granite industry left the small, rural town of Hardwick, Vt., during the last century, residents in the ensuing years were forced to leave town to find work.
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SAD 13 board finds $98,000 more to cut from budget, which will got to referendum vote for third time
The cuts include savings on the salary of longtime principal Linda MacKenzie who is leaving School Administrative District 13 for a job in the Millinocket School Department, according to Superintendent Virginia Rebar.
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New wording released for same-sex marriage ballot question
Secretary of State Charlie Summers announced that the final language will ask: “Do you want to allow the State of Maine to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples?”
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NBA: Celtics open season vs. Heat
NEW YORK (AP) — Miami’s championship defense will begin where they won last season’s title, and the first game for the Brooklyn Nets will be at home against their now-crosstown rival.
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‘It made me really mad,’ says local Fulbright scholar about LePage blasting Maine education
Alexis Baxter, a 2008 graduate of Winslow High School and a Fulbright scholar, said Gov. Paul LePage’s characterization of Maine students and their reception at colleges out of state is insulting.
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Students take exception to Gov. LePage’s claim that Mainers are looked down upon
Ashley Graffam, a 2006 graduate of South Portland High School, is headed to the University of New Hampshire for her college education, along with a number of other Maine students. At no point, she said, did she feel judged as inferior for being from Maine.
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NFL: Contract no problem for Patriots’ Welker
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Wes Welker was jogging back to the line after running a route during the New England Patriots’ first training camp session Thursday when owner Bob Kraft arrived on the sideline and pointed in his direction.