“Maine’s unemployment rate dropped from 7.3 percent in 1995 to 3.1 percent in 2000, the lowest rate since World War II.”
— U.S. Senate candidate Angus King’s “record” Web page
I have a very snobby friend who thinks anything sexual makes a girl a stupid slut. I recently lost my virginity. I feel like a sucky friend for not telling her but telling all of my non-school friends what happened. I think she’s going to be extremely judgmental, even though she has no idea what my ex and I went through and why I decided to lose it with him. It’s surprising because she’s pretty liberal when it comes to sexual orientation and religion –just not with sex. I don’t want to ruin our friendship because she might think I’m some dirty slut because I did it one time with one boy who I was comfortable with. AND we used protection. Should I tell her?
“After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well. … Nothing can touch him further.”
— William Shakespeare
Women who work full time in Maine earn about 22 percent less than men who work full time, according to the latest data on the state’s work force.
Every couple of months or so, a certain conversation arises in our house, as it does in yours and most houses in Maine, Missouri, California and elsewhere. It’s about retirement and what happens when the income one is accustomed to changes dramatically. This is generally referred to as a “period of adjustment.”
“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
OXFORD — Vanna Brackett isn’t interested in making history, but that’s just what she’ll hope to do tonight at Oxford Plains Speedway in the 39th annual TD Bank 250.
Cape Elizabeth resident Cynthia Dill is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. Really, she is.
AUGUSTA — Every player in the starting lineup had at least one hit for Gardiner in the opening round of the American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament Saturday and several had more than one.
Dear Annie: Six years ago, my 54-year-old divorced sister, “Sue,” decided to move in with my parents because she was afraid to live by herself. At the time, Sue had a part-time job and my parents were in good health. Within a year, however, my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Mom developed heart problems.
