An article in the online newspaper on Aug. 9 (“Natural gas choice not clear for all”) raised my ire.
August 2013
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Jailed veterans deserve a second chance
I enjoyed your article about the Kennebec County jail program that provides help to inmates who are veterans (“Jail program aims to help inmates who are veterans,” July 22).
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Medicare funding cuts would lead to deaths
I am shocked at a proposal to cut $940 million in Medicare funding for dialysis. Why? Because I am only one of the people on this treatment among many others, and without this treatment I would die.
Posted inNews
Bat war calls for nuclear option
The fight to save brown bats from white-nose syndrome includes using sterilized weapons bunkers as caves.
Posted inPolitics
Underdog leaps ahead in NYC mayoral race
Democrat Bill De Blasio’s progressive policies — and an ad narrated by his teen son — gain him attention.
Posted inNews
The lifeline who lets mom stay home
Part Two of The Challenge of Our Age finds that for Maine’s 190,000 caregivers, the costs are high and the support is limited.
Posted inSports
MLB: Lackey sharp as Sox down Yankees
BOSTON (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits, David Ortiz homered and John Lackey held down New York’s resurgent offense as the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game skid by beating the Yankees 6-1 on Saturday.
Posted inSports
NASCAR: Michigan causes more problems for Johnson
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Another Michigan mishap for Jimmie Johnson.
Posted inSports
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Even at the fair, we all want to win
Everybody, meet Tom. A carny for 18 years, Tom is telling me how easy this game is. All I have to do is bounce the ball off of the picture of Ben Franklin and into the bin that sits directly below the picture. The ball is plastic, the size of a baseball, and full of holes, like a cheap, knockoff Wiffleball.