It has been both heartening and frustrating to follow news accounts of the LePage administration’s proposed MaineCare cuts that would, among other things, end MaineCare coverage for 65,000 Mainers.
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Mix-up caused dispatch worries
A high-profile murder and suicide earlier this year in Winslow highlighted concern among police officials that emergency responders could be dispatched to wrong street addresses.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Someone likely benefits by allowing fireworks sale
Well, our Maine politicians are at it again. I wonder who made money by legalizing fireworks? I also wonder when the insurance companies will figure out how much extra to charge for fireworks-related costs. When I inquired about homeowners insurance, I was given the third degree. I had to sell my trampoline. I could not […]
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: New FAA rules for pilot rest breaks raise the bar
The one thing every passenger rightly expects from an airline flight is a pilot who has had enough rest and break time to do the best job possible guiding the aircraft.
Posted inSports
FIESTA BOWL: 2 of best QBs set to battle
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl has just about everything you could ask for from a bowl game: Two of the nation’s best teams, most explosive offenses and underrated defenses, ready-for-the-NFL quarterbacks and this year’s best case for changing the BCS.
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WATERVILLE DISTRICT COURT
WATERVILLE — The following cases were closed from Nov. 15, 2011 to Dec. 18, 2011, in Waterville District Court.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We’re losing our country; we must get involved
In a recent article about hearings on reduction proposals for the state Department of Health and Human Services, a speaker noted that a society is judged on how it cares for its poor. I disagree. I believe a society is judged on how it cares for its children, elders and sick. For the poor, it […]
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Police release home
WATERVILLE — A day after Maine State police removed crime scene tape from 29 Violette Ave., a new sign appeared.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A new starting point for the United States
Last year ended with a display of remarkable understatement.