New 5-class system shook up landscape of high school basketball.
2015
Posted inLifestyle
Johnny Ater and the Maine Comedy Event set for Gardiner
Stand Up Comedy planned for Johnson Hall Jan. 9.
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Posted inLifestyle, On Music Lucky Clark
Lucky Clark On Music: Jim Scott
Pete Seeger music celebration planned for UU Coffeehouse.
Posted inLifestyle
Whaler’s Run concert set for Unity
Acoustic rock event set for Jan. 15 at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts.
Posted inLifestyle, Movie Review J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Danish Girl’
Film is a journey out of darkness.
Posted inEditorials
OUR OPINION: Minimum wage increase good for workers, economy
As a test for concept’s validity, Portland’s higher bottom wage goes into effect on Friday.
Posted inOp-Eds
DHHS chief says editorial represented a political agenda, not facts
The reduction in people receiving food stamps was spurred by a common-sense policy requiring work, volunteering, or job training, Mary Mayhew says.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine deals in 2015 involve forestland, chipmakers, banks and hospitals
The largest is a planned $87.4 billion acquisition of Plum Creek that would give Weyerhauser control over 860,000 acres near Moosehead Lake.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Proposal to fund police diversion programs for heroin users just a start, lawmaker says
State Rep. Mark Dion says Medicaid expansion would pay for more than his plan’s handful of programs, but the governor has opposed the Medicaid option.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
New laws will put more cash in Mainers’ pockets
Starting Jan. 1, income taxes will decline and fewer heirs will have to pay estate tax, but hotels and some groceries will cost more.