A wildlife passage could protect turtles on a deadly stretch of road in Eliot, but the project could be upended by legal delays.
2017
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
When debtors’ prisons in Maine flouted justice, Pine Tree emerged as a legal ally
The group that for 50 years has helped low-income Mainers and ended archaic practices in the state now faces cuts to federal funds.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Lofty campaign promises for York County casino are no sure bet
The venue in Oxford created just a quarter of the jobs forecast in 2010, and studies like the one done ahead of November’s ballot measure are meant to persuade.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine veterans given substandard care are told it’s too late to sue
A group of six say that Veterans Affairs fraudulently concealed the poor work of a podiatrist at the Togus VA hospital, causing years of needless pain. They say it withheld the findings to run out the clock on their ability to file a court challenge.
Posted inLifestyle
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Union
Come Spring Cafe is a cute little diner with lots of cars in the parking lot
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Jim Fossel: Bad process dooms the GOP health care bill
Republicans should have remembered how angry they were when Democrats rammed through the ACA.
Posted inOp-Eds
Betsy Sweet: Bill represents the best way forward for ranked-choice voting
L.D. 1647 would allow the system for next June’s primaries and federal elections, while giving voters a chance to amend the constitution.
Posted inMaine, News
Mainer who was stranded in St. Thomas returns home
Brooke Quinn Dunphey of Wells had gone to work in the school system there, but then two hurricanes struck.
Posted inNews, Politics
Trump called San Juan’s mayor a weak leader; here’s what her leadership looks like
With limited communications and little help from the outside world in the first days after the hurricane, mayors like Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto became the highest form of authority for many residents.