Almost one year ago, a Skowhegan dispatcher took a call from a man who said, “This was a double mercy killing.” Then there was a pop sound.
2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Community colleges worth the investment
While Maine still lags the region in the number of people with college diplomas, there is some good news this spring.
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Work on new courthouse continues behind scenes
AUGUSTA — Planning for a new combined courthouse continues apace behind the scenes and should be visible to the public by late summer.
Posted inOpinion
LIZ SOARES: Drinking milk from happy cows ensures great-grandpa’s legacy
A few years ago, I found the 1910 census listing for my mother’s family. She hadn’t been born yet, but her parents and oldest brother and sister lived with my maternal great-grandparents in Tiverton, R.I.
Posted inOpinion
DANA MILBANK: Boehner resurrects specter of debt-limit debacle
John Boehner thinks it’s kind of funny. “It struck me as somewhat comical,” he told reporters Thursday morning, “that, you know, people are looking to me like I’m the guy carrying a sword around town, I’m going to bludgeon someone.”
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Immigrant teens from Portland share stories through film
PORTLAND — The inner lives of teenagers can be hard to penetrate. With the added barriers of language and cultural differences, teenage immigrants can appear to be living in a world that is shut tight to everyone around them.
Posted inSports
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Miles of tennis
First, there was Allison, followed by Jeff, Kelly and Dan. All the Miles children followed Allison’s lead and joined the Winthrop High School tennis team.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Has economy gotten better in the last week or so?
The mainstream media here in Maine and elsewhere has, for the most part, lavished fulsome praise on Presi-dent Barack Obama for his coming out in favor of same-sex marriage. Among his reasons for doing so he cited the Golden Rule — do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Meanwhile, has the […]
Posted inOpinion
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Same-sex marriage: Is argument based on empathy or right?
There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That’s essentially the case President Barack Obama made when he first announced his change of views.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Maine has distinction as least religious in US
We live in tough times for important institutions. Service clubs that were once the backbone of small town life are seeing their membership dwindle.