It’s a line Clare Egan never expected to see on her resume.
2012
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Make resolutions to help after school programs, other worthy causes
It’s the time of year again when many of us resolve (again) to be better versions of ourselves: thinner, stronger, quieter, kinder, less impulsive, less wasteful, more reliable, more generous and, in a hundred other ways, better people.
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Posted inNews
Quieter commercials, fireworks on the way in 2012
Airline pilots will get more rest. Television commercials won’t be so loud. Smoking will be banned in all of public housing in the state and fireworks will be legal in Maine, unless individual communities decide they are not. Those are some of the federal and state regulations that take effect during 2012.
Posted inSports
TOP SPORTS STORIES OF 2011: Retirement of longtime Colby coach tops list
Everybody knew this day was coming, sooner rather than later, but it still came as a surprise to many. Forty years has a way of going by too quickly.
Posted inNews
Cornville man, 21, dies in crash
CORNVILLE — A 21-year-old man was killed Friday night after a single-vehicle crash on West Ridge Road.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Iowa, NH voters have no elite status this year
With only two days to go until the Iowa caucuses and a little more than a week until the New Hampshire primary, political junkies in the other 48 states are supposed to be consumed with jealousy.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
MaineCare a brilliant idea abused by outsiders
Maine must be congratulated for being the most compassionate state in the union. When it initiated it’s MaineCare system, it was the envy of others for taking care of its needy, young and old and anyone in financial need. That was then, but when the rolls doubled in 10 short years, a red flag should […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
DA bids happy retirement to valued office employee
Friday was Ruth Stevens’ last day in the Somerset County district attorney’s office. She has been our office manager since 1980, when Jimmy Carter was our president. I have never known any employee to be as efficient, competent and intelligent as Ruth. She has overseen an office that handles about 3,500 criminal cases each year […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We need to tighten rules governing welfare, aid
What happened to the governor’s common sense? Paul LePage is embarrassing even his staunchest supporters. I wanted a governor who would do something about our welfare system. Tax dollars are used for welfare when they should be used to provide support while a person who is capable of working gains the tools they need to […]
Posted inOpinion
LIZ SOARES: Calendar conundrum: Love to look at them, hate to use them
Today I will relish opening up my new calendars, and placing them on walls, desks and in my purse.