Mainers have always had a love-hate relationship with tourists. We’ve made them the centerpiece of our jokes, derided them as people “from away,” or worse, and even been subject to advertising urging us to be nicer to them.
2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Pray governor realizes he’s governor of all Mainers
It is most encouraging to hear that some people in Augusta are starting to pray. I think all the people in Maine should start praying for our governor, that he should wake up some morning and discover he has compassion and kindness for all of Maine’s people. Perhaps then he would indeed be a governor […]
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Fund for Healthy Maine works, don’t dismantle it
Why would we dismantle one of Maine’s biggest success stories? Investments in prevention and public health save lives and reduce the burden of chronic disease on individuals and families. The Fund for a Healthy Maine is working. It helps smokers quit, gives kids a healthy start, supports new parents, helps families get active, teaches students […]
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Bickford pleads guilty to break-in, assault
AUGUSTA — A China man on Tuesday admitted breaking into a neighbor’s home last summer and sexually assaulting her before she was able to flee.
Posted inNews, Sports
Tuesday night’s local sports scores
GIRLS BASKETBALL Camden Hills at Waterville, ppd. to 6 p.m., Wednesday Cony 64, Lewiston 42 Hall-Dale 59, Boothbay 58 Hampden 37, Lawrence 35 Madison 47, Monmouth 22 Messalonskee 50, Brewer 47 Mt. Ararat 33, Skowhegan 29 Mt. Blue 50, Bangor 45 Mt. View 42, MCI 33 Nokomis 56, Winslow 45, OT Richmond 53, Valley 24 […]
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Major GOP ‘super PAC’ raised $51 million in 2011
A group backed by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove prepares to hit the airwaves this year to help defeat President Barack Obama.
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Four injured in Farmington school bus accident
FARMINGTON — Four middle school students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the bus they were on this afternoon collided with a tractor trailer, according to Farmington Police Officer William Tanner.
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Gronkowski says he’s day-to-day
‘The game is six days away. I can be 100 percent by then or I can be 2 percent by then.”