The last thing Glenn Adams expected to be doing early Thursday was delivering his own baby — and tying off the umbilical cord with a shoelace. But that’s what the 31-year-old Oakland man did around 5 a.m. when his wife, Heather, announced it was time to go the hospital. They didn’t get there. In fact, […]
October 2012
Posted inOpinion
GEORGE SMITH: King strong enough to make impact in nation’s capital
He was neither as good as you remember nor as bad as his opponents want you to think, but Angus King can cut through the ugly partisanship in Washington, D.C., and that’s why I’m voting for him on Nov. 6.
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‘Staggering’ departures at Kennebec-Somerset region district attorney’s office
Whoever is elected chief prosecutor for the district that covers Kennebec and Somerset counties will be running an office in which almost all the assistant district attorneys are new. At least eight of the 11 prosecutors in place in January — including the acting district attorney — have left or are leaving the office serving […]
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: False reality blames gays for marriage crisis
In his book, “Mere Christianity,” C.S. Lewis recognized this key fact: “[A] man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales-resistance.”
Posted inNews
Morning Sentinel area police log, Oct. 25, 2012
IN BENTON, Wednesday at 7:42 p.m., a burglary was investigated on Unity Road.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Dorney grasps confusing health care system
Democrat Ann Dorney has the integrity, experience and commitment to best serve the constituents of House Seat 86.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Candidate Skillings offers solid pro-jobs policies
I write in response to a newspaper article (Oct. 22) in which Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, expressed his dislike for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Morissette has key skills needed for Legislature
I want to express my full support for the re-election of Rep. Susan Morissette, Republican, to the Maine House of Representatives in District 54.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Voting yes on Question 1 fair, right thing to do
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
High tide should lift all boats — not just yachts
Let’s put all the palaver and attack ads aside. We should understand a few things before we vote for our leaders on Nov. 6.