At a local Republican meeting recently, I met Scott D’Amboise. He is a fine man with good convictions. He loves this state and this country and will fight for freedom and jobs here in Maine for Mainers, unlike Olympia Snowe. She seems to have a global agenda and has forgotten who voted her into office […]
2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
LePage can’t clean up mess left to him overnight
I understand why Gov. Paul LePage won’t talk to reporters or bother with the newspapers; all they do is bash him. Never have I seen them say anything good about him or what he is doing. Why don’t they just let him do his job and leave him alone; he knows what he’s doing. He […]
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NFL: Patriots earn top seed
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Falling behind means nothing to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. And because no deficit seems too big for them, the Patriots own home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
Posted inNews
Family, friends optimistic about mayor’s cancer
PORTLAND — The week of his Dec. 5 inauguration, Michael Brennan began experiencing painful stomach cramps.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Cameras should follow Supreme Court
For three days beginning March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside an extraordinary 51/2 hours for arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Court watchers point out that this is the most time devoted to a single case since the 1960s, and a signal of the importance the court assigns to the case.
Posted inNews
Waterville baby is area’s first in the new year
WATERVILLE — Cole Wilshusen entered the world at 7:21 a.m. Sunday in The Birthing Center at Inland Hospital and was the first baby born in 2012 in Central Maine.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Making some cuts will make everyone’s costs rise
I agree wholeheartedly with the letter, “Medicare Savings Program needed by 72,000 in Maine” by Richard Farnsworth, chairman, AARP Maine Capitol City Task Force, on Dec. 23. One thing I think is missing, however, is that cutting the Maine Savings Program will not only affect the 72,000 who get assistance from it, but all Mainers […]
Posted inCommunity
BRIDGE RESULTS
WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on Thursday, Dec. 29, were Betty Perry and Judy Jones; tied for second were Suzon Morrison and Connie Fedorovich, and Eva Nichols and Patrica Nutt; other winners were: Mike Gosolin and Claudette McNeil, Rona Backstrom and Ginny Kelly, Francise Roy and Janet Easton.
Posted inNews
Victim identified in fatal crash near Old Town
A 63-year-old woman from Nova Scotia was the last person to die on Maine roads in 2011.
Posted inNews
Powerball tickets doubling in price to $2
Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck.