EASTPORT — On a recent foggy September morning, Kevin Raye put on a blue rain slicker, walked to the curb and arranged letters on a roadside sign.
October 2012
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Love, respect the keys for award-winning physical therapy assistant
FAIRFIELD — Jason Toner, 42, has come a long way since the days when he worked a variety of rough-and-tumble jobs such as logging, house painting and mill work.
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ON MAINE POLITICS: GOP attack on King’s taxes forgets Summers’ lower rate
Angus King’s money was one of the top story lines in Maine’s U.S. Senate race last week.
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Sisters reflect on hard times in 1950s mill life in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Christine Dupuis was a junior at Cony High School in 1951 when her father, Aime Bechard, died and she had to go to work at the Edwards mill to help support her family.
Posted inOpinion
Obama pays price for ducking questions
Barack Obama received a valuable reminder in his drubbing the first debate: He is a president, not a king.
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NFL: 2 of the best renew their rivalry
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Royalty. According to Mark Schlereth, the ESPN NFL analyst, that’s what fans will see Sunday at Gillette Stadium when Tom Brady and the New England Patriots take on Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.
Posted inOpinion
Expanding Medicaid makes sense financially, morally
With the national election a few weeks away, state policymakers have become pivotal players in the debate about health reform.
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Romney by 2 touchdowns
It was the biggest rout since Agincourt. If you insist, since the Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate. With a remarkable display of confidence, knowledge and nerve, Mitt Romney won the first 2012 debate going away.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We need people who can keep their minds open
I am deeply concerned about what’s happening in our country. Have we no concern for each other? Where is the love? Or have we hardened our hearts to be disconcerned about those in need.
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Hayes will bring fresh ideas to current problems
As a longtime resident of House District 78 (Oakland and Sidney), I lend my support to Democrat Harry Hayes.