How low can you get? I hope the thief who stole that angel and the cross from the graves of my baby and my mother thinks about how low he is when he looks at them. Stealing from the dead is about as low as a snake’s belly, the scum of the earth. Barbara L. […]
2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Reisert’s right-wing screeds are just nonsense
Why do you continue to publish right-wing screeds from Joseph Reisert? His latest claim is that both parties are “shifting away from politics’ ideological center,” which is a claim that far-right pundits make to mask the fact that the tea party has driven the Republican party so far to the right that moderate Republicans are […]
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STILL LIFE: Raising awareness
Nearly 260 students from Atwood Primary School in Oakland marched in the 2nd annual Relay for Life march through downtown Oakland to raise awareness of cancer in the community on Thursday.
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Thursday’s High School Tournament Results
SOFTBALL Eastern A Bangor 6, Skowhegan 5, 9 innings Oxford Hills 7, Erskine 2 Eastern B Nokomis 3, Medomak Valley 2, 9 innings Western B Gray-New Gloucester 3, Maranacook 2, 8 innings Western C Dirigo 7, Hall-Dale 1 Madison 22, Wiscasset 0, 5 innings Sacopee Valley 3, Monmouth 1 BASEBALL Eastern A Erskine 1, Cony […]
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Waterville defeats Gardiner 11-1
Waterville Senior High School shortstop Matt Lee, 4, dives for a ball in the fourth inning against Gardiner High School in the Eastern Class B regional quarter finals game at Waterville High School Thursday. Waterville defeated Gardiner 11-1.
Posted inNation & World, News
Feds step up effort to combat distracted driving
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calls texting and cellphone use while driving “a national epidemic.”
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CDC: Older teens often text behind the wheel
An anonymous national survey conducted last year found that 58 percent of high school seniors said they had texted or emailed while driving during the previous month.
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Bernanke signals no imminent steps to aid economy
The Federal Reserve chief sketched a hopeful outlook in testimony to a congressional panel today and sends no signals that the Fed will take further steps soon to aid the economy.
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Sea Dogs fall to BaySox, 7-5
Portland held leads of 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3, but allowed the BaySox to tie it every time.
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Feds break international child porn operation
More than 20 suspects have been captured in nine states, and authorities are investigating yet more elsewhere in the U.S., as well as Sweden, Serbia, the Netherlands and the U.K.