The house at the end of the block was fast taking on the feel of a shrine when Joe Paterno stepped into the crisp November night with his wife, Sue, by his side. Students had gathered on the lawn, some carrying hand-lettered signs, many near tears and all of them confused, sad and angry.
2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
By doing nothing, Congress did something
Congressional gridlock isn’t always bad. Sometimes doing nothing yields something.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Cuts to family planning would cut health care access
I oppose the proposed cuts in family planning from the Fund for a Healthy Maine and MaineCare, because such cuts would restrict access to basic health care upon which thousands of Mainers depend.
Posted inOpinion
Rising cost of medicine reflects increase in technology, skills
I was cleaning out my father’s desk after he died in 1988 when I came across a bill for Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance from 1945.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Every birth a celebration, no matter parents’ ages
I understand there’s been some controversy about the baby born New Year’s day to teenage parents Mercedes and Joey. Some of the comments: “shouldn’t be celebrated” and “Central Maine Newspapers is irresponsible for publishing this story.”
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Winter swimmers
Children frolic in a pool Sunday at the YMCA in Augusta as temperatures hover in the single digits outside. The children were throwing it down at the YMCA to celebrate the eighth birthday of Mia Sullivan of Farmingdale and Isaac Andrews of Hallowell. The Hall-Dale classmates invited a couple dozen of their buddies for a […]
Posted inNews
Wood sales hot as homeowners give boot to oil
The number of households using wood as their primary heating source nearly doubled in Maine from 2000 to 2010.
Posted inNews
Third snowmobiler death this weekend is in Dallas Plantation
DALLAS PLANTATION — A 61-year-old man is dead after a snowmobile accident Saturday evening. It marked the third snowmobiler death in Maine this weekend.
Posted inNews
New rules could boost region’s renewable power
A 2010 report done for grid manager ISO New England says the region’s land and ocean winds are plentiful enough to supply nearly a quarter of its power by the end of the decade.
Posted inNews
U.S. Rep. Giffords says she’ll resign this week
According to officials in Washington, her resignation is expected to take effect on Monday.