When people in Maine talk about the problems with public opinion polling, they often mention the 2009 referendum about allowing same-sex couples the right to marry and how the pollsters got it wrong.
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WORST WEEK: Holder finds himself in midst of party battle
Just ask Eric H. Holder Jr., the nation’s attorney general, who found himself caught in the middle of a long-time-coming scrum between congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama this past week.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Congress has created elected dictatorship
America is once again to vote for a president and members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, hoping that these Republicans, Democrats and independents will make a difference this November. Is this hope centered in wishful thinking? Yes it is. The reality is that the U.S. Congress, helped by the Supreme Court, has […]
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SCOTT MARTIN: 1st half marathon exhilarating feeling
It all looked so familiar, running the Kennebec River Rail Trail on Sunday morning. The wooden fence lining its edge. The stretch along Water Street in downtown Hallowell. The big ole hat sign at Hi-Hat Pancake House in Farmingdale. The Kennebec River on my left. The end of the trail at Hannaford in Gardiner.
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BOYS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Extra work pays off for junior
There are no official members, no meetings or by-laws. Still, everyone knows Jai Aslam is now in the club.
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Changing referendum’s wording misleads voters
What does it mean to protect religious freedoms? In the beginning of the campaign against marriage equality in Maine, we already have heard this term used by people who want to deny Maine’s loving, committed gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. We will keep hearing this fall that marriage equality is an attack […]
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WIMBLEDON: Venus out after 1st round
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Racket bag slung over her shoulder, resignation written across her face, Venus Williams weaved through fans milling about on the sidewalks that players must traverse to get from Court 2 to the Wimbledon locker rooms.
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STILL LIFE: Ahead of the storm
Zack Dionne, 15, drives his ATV to cover Monday at Fisher Farm in Vassalboro ahead of an approaching thunderstorm. Dionne, of Vassalboro, had been tending the first crop of spring hay with the John Deere tractor at the dairy farm with 190 cows. Farmhands said they hope to resume cutting and baling hay when it stops raining this week.
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STILL LIFE: It’s raining cats and dogs
Ethan Kohn, of Waterville, walks down North Street near the intersection at Pleasant Avenue in Waterville as the heavy rains subside on Monday.
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N. Maine braces for more flooding
Flooding from the last week has already cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, and more rain is in the forecast.