To remain independent as long as possible and reduce the cost of health care, it’s important to have nearby services, writes Sara Grant.
2017
Posted inMaine, News
Maine synagogues condemn order suspending refugee arrivals
The statement says in part: ‘We cannot sit idly by and watch as our Muslim brothers and sisters are denied refuge in this country simply on the basis of their religion and nationality.’
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
LBJ’s daughters attend keel ceremony at Bath Iron Works
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson inscribe their initials on a metal plate for the destroyer named for their father.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Uncategorized
This message appeared in huge letters on an Acadia beach
It may look Photoshopped, but the word “RESIST” really was written in letters over 25 feet tall on a beach in Acadia National Park.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Colby College president vows to protect students, staff following Trump travel order
Colby president David A. Greene said the college ‘is ‘offering tailored assistance based on each individual’s circumstance,’ while about 100 people gathered Monday night outside Waterville City Hall to protest the immigration order.
Posted inMaine, News
Ku Klux Klan fliers shock residents in Augusta, Gardiner, Freeport neighborhoods
Augusta Police Chief Robert Gregoire said such fliers have been found in other parts of the country and an Augusta clergyman thinks the fliers are connected to the targeting of refugees.
Posted inMaine, News
Pingree underscores importance of Trump’s Supreme Court pick
Maine’s 1st District congresswoman is joined by progressive groups at a press conference in Portland to call for a nominee ‘who has the credentials and commitment to our Constitution.’
Posted inMaine, News
LePage’s next town hall meeting scheduled for York
It will be the governor’s second in as many weeks in southern Maine
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Record amount of heroin seized in Sanford drug investigation, officials say
Police charge two Maine men with trafficking, and agents also confiscate a large cache of the drug headed to the state from Massachusetts.
Posted inNation & World, News
One less item on bucket list as dying teen Tasers a police officer
Alyssa Elkins calls the zapping ‘awesome,’ and the volunteer victim says it was worth the pain to please a girl with terminal leukemia.