Despite the Republicans’ warm relationship, Washington hasn’t helped Maine’s governor notch wins on priorities such as the Katahdin monument or Medicaid copays.
2017
Posted inMaine, News
As maternity services vanish in rural Maine, mothers expect to travel long distances to hospitals
Some in remote areas face hourslong drives on dark roads before they can arrive at one of a dwindling number of sites that still offer obstetrics units.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Congress set to reject Trump’s wide range of federal program cuts
A ‘meat ax’ approach to service and research programs isn’t likely to pass even Republican muster.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Gifted Rockport musician tied to Massachusetts slayings offered little warning
Family and friends can’t fathom how the quiet, mild-mannered 22-year-old could have killed his mother, grandparents and a health care worker.
Posted inLifestyle, Travel
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Millinocket
Big Moose Inn has been around for 165 years and has lots to offer
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Jim Fossel: GOP should learn from debt deal
Trump sided with Democrats, and may have overplayed his hand.
Posted inOp-Eds
Maine Compass: When it comes to wood, buy local
With emerging products and other positive developments, Maine wood is similar to the local food movement.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Monmouth girls soccer too fast for Madison
Mustangs use team speed to top MVC rivals on homecoming.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Tax cuts silence Republican deficit hawks
Conservatives who seized the House in 2010 have morphed into Reagan-style supply siders.