The new GOP platform endorses “stand your ground” rights for gun owners.
August 2012
Obama: GOP could cooperate more in second term
The president says he also wants to do a better job of explaining to the public how his policies will help the economy grow.
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Anchor yourself at a Round Pond restaurant
The blend of old (traditional) and new (creative) makes the Anchor Inn Restaurant in Round Pond a very special place, a delight to guests who return year after year as well as first timers like us.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Bad Little Falls” and “Merchant of the Medomak”
Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch has done it again.
BOOKS: Biography tells the story of Harry Stump
Maine author Lloyd Ferriss has announced the release of his new book, “Harry Stump, Maine’s Psychic Sculptor,” the biography of a clairvoyant and sculptor who lived in Maine from 1950 until his death in 1998. The book is based in part on a previously unpublished manuscript by Stump that describes day-to-day life at the mysterious Round Table Foundation that flourished in the 1950s at a rambling estate in Glen Cove (a village within Rockport).
Flat unemployment suggests job market improvement
Today’s figures from the Labor Department show unemployment applications are lower than they were six weeks ago.
BOOKS: ‘The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants’
“The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants,” a new book by Maine author Mary Moriarty, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc.
Tea party leaves definite imprint on GOP convention
They may not love Mitt Romney, but he needs their help with party’s conservative base.
What to watch for at the GOP convention Thursday
Romney’s big night also features Sen. Marco Rubio and former rival Newt Gingrich.