If jurors had been asked to decide whether John Edwards was a cheating lowlife, it would have taken them 10 minutes. He fathered a child with a former campaign worker while his wife was terminally ill, then lied about it long and loud while campaigning for president of the United States. OK, five minutes.
2012
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OUR OPINION: LePage, Pingree agree (gasp!) about online sales tax
Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, and 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, don’t find themselves on the same side of many issues, so we should pay attention when they line up together.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Parker’s column veers from usual competence
Kathleen Parker’s May 28 column featuring Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s remarks about President Barack Obama’s criticism of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s job-creation skills was well-written and factually correct, but lacked journalistic truth. The column was about Booker’s criticism of Bain Capital, the company Romney often mentions. His stump speeches cite his business experience creating […]
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Family visit turns into aid for thousands
On a visit to see family in Pakistan last November, Dr. Irfan Ali of Augusta volunteered his services at tiny Aisha Bibi Memorial Hospital.
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Water watch continues
High water after days of heavy rain closed some local roads and bridges in central Maine on Monday, but no injuries or significant property damage was reported.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Wind power tax subsidy shouldn’t be on ‘to-do list’
President Barack Obama recently visited a factory in Newton, Iowa, that builds wind-turbine blades, contrasting the industry of the past — Maytag left the town in 2007 — with a vision of a future with middle-class green manufacturing jobs. Who could be against that?
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No-tax pledge created to protect income of rich
I would like to respond to Charlie Summers’ comments about my recent letter to the editor concerning the no-tax pledge. I want to clarify that I do not support increasing taxes on the hard-working people of Maine and America. When Rob Caldwell of Channel 6 asked Summers if had he signed the no-tax pledge, Caldwell […]
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East-west highway would ruin millions of acres
Maine people let Gov. Angus King sell Plum Creek a beautiful part of our state. He said it was for forest conservation, for the good of our state, but that promise was not kept. Now another vulture of our land is about to ruin millions of acres. Peter Vigue of Cianbro wants to build a […]
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STILL LIFE: Round won
Calvary Temple School students had their field day moved indoors due to rain on Monday, but it didn’t damper the fun. Brad Smith, left, has a good grip with oversized boxing gloves on Matt Poulin during a “bounce boxing” match inside an inflated ring.
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Police identify Maine man killed in Bangor hit-and-run
BANGOR — Police have released the identity of a man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Bangor. Bangor police said Monday that 37-year-old Joshua Constantine was killed about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when he was struck by a car while crossing Main Street near an entrance to a Shaw’s supermarket. Officials said the vehicle […]