WASHINGTON — Why are Republicans playing the Democrats’ game that the “fiscal cliff” is all about taxation?
2012
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Human cost of clothes made in Bangladesh
The Nov. 25 fire that killed more than 100 workers at the clothing factory in Bangladesh was an act of industrial homicide, which must not be tolerated. This was the most recent of several such crimes, leading to the deaths of another 500 people, mostly young women.
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Posted inPolitics
Mitt Romney in transition: ‘Born competitor,’ reluctant loser
The presidential aspirant has all but disappeared from public, reportedly bored but not bitter.
Posted inPolitics
Maine House clerks play political musical chairs
They are among partisan State House employees who are subject to losing their jobs every two years.
Posted inNews
Kennebec Journal area police log: Dec. 1, 2012
At 6:13 p.m., there was an accident on Civic Center Drive.
Posted inNews
Morning Sentinel police log, Dec. 1, 2012
IN ANSON, Saturday at 7:44 a.m., a structure fire was extinguished on Town Farm Road.
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Donations pour in to help Waterville animal shelter
WATERVILLE — Donations of hundreds of bags of dog food and more than $10,000 have rolled into the Humane Society Waterville Area since the shelter announced that it had run out of dog food.
Posted inNews
State mystified by presence of wild boar that killed pig in Mercer
MERCER — State wildlife officials want to know how a Eurasian wild boar with long, thick hair and 2-inch tusks ended up in Somerset County recently.
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Hathaway renovations revive discussion of downtown Waterville roundabout, two-way streets
WATERVILLE — A second wave of renovations could be coming to the Hathaway Creative Center, and the news has spurred renewed discussion about downtown traffic patterns — whether to build a roundabout at the intersection of Spring and Front streets and create two-way traffic on Front and Main streets.