Recently, a person from Monroe wrote a letter to the editor (“Unmarried people should have equal rights, too,” July 6) in which he asked why cohabitors couldn’t have the same benefits as same-sex couples.
July 2013
Appeal to thieves to bring metal cat back home
Two woman in a small blue car pulled up in front of my driveway, walked up to the front of my trailer and stole a metal cat. We bought that cat for my mother’s funeral; it meant the world to me.
Wayne Church auction was great success
I want to thank everyone who helped make the Wayne Community Church auction such a great success.
For rail company, rebirth may yield to ruin
The rising demand for crude oil transit gave hope to the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, but may also be prove to be its undoing.
Maine economy tied to rail line’s fate
Manufacturers depend on the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway and fear higher costs.
OUR OPINION: Train wreck’s cost makes oil too expensive
While investigators are still trying to piece together exactly why a runaway train loaded with crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, last week, there are some things we know for sure.
OUR OPINION: Jurist broke glass ceiling
As a lawyer, Caroline Glassman fought for the rights of individuals who faced the awesome power of the state when they were charged with a crime.
OUR OPINION: Collins should not support filibuster of consumer bureau director
Richard Cordray’s visit to Maine last week should remind everybody why we need an active Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
LIZ SOARES: Pick a cause, any cause, then use e-media to storm the Bastille
Today is Bastille Day, one of my favorite holidays. The Fete Nationale of France, the holiday commemorates the storming of the prison by dissidents, a landmark event of the French Revolution. The Bastille was regarded as a symbol of King Louis XVI’s absolute power, and a few weeks later, a document establishing the rights of French citizens was issued.
COMMENTARY: Force-feeding at Guantanamo a form of abuse that must end
At least 106 of the 166 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention center are reported to be on hunger strike, with 45 currently being force-fed.