President Donald Trump was worried about the wrong thing. Among the more colorful revelations of the Mueller report was Trump’s reaction to hearing that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and matters arising from it. “Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my […]
April 2019
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Report makes mockery of Trump’s exoneration assertion
President Donald Trump has repeatedly crowed that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is a “total exoneration.” After its release Thursday morning, he tweeted: “No collusion. No obstruction. For the haters and the radical left Democrats — Game Over.” But the report itself, for those who bothered to read it, makes a mockery of that assertion. […]
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Police searching for Oxford man missing since Monday
Eric Berube, 43, resides off Coldwater Brook Road.
Posted inCommunity
Whitefield Pre-K program accepting applications
Stop by the school or call for application.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine scientist follows path from Aroostook County to outer space
Jessica Meir, a Caribou native, will go to the International Space Station later this year, joining two other Mainers in a very elite club.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Susan Collins hauls in cash for 2020 re-election campaign
With the race for the U.S. Senate in Maine more than a year off, the incumbent Republican senator has accumulated record campaign donations, even before any official announcement that she will seek another term.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Shortage of emergency dispatchers prompts Maine to consider improving benefits
The bill would offer special state retirement plans, previously available only to police, fire and emergency medical service personnel, to emergency dispatchers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: 9/11 victim fund should be made permanent
In 2015, a Republican House and a Republican Senate, working with a Democratic president, provided medical coverage and financial support to the heroes and victims of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, who were sickened by poisons released into the downtown air when the World Trade Center, hit by terrorist-hijacked jets, collapsed into that […]
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Saco man arrested in Connecticut in alleged paving scam
Henry Cooper, 40, is charged with 3 misdemeanors, each of which carries a potential jail sentence of up to 3 months and a fine of up to $500.
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Author to recount York County’s Underground Railroad to protect slaves
Author Mark Alan Leslie says residents of several communities formed a network of illegal ‘safe houses’ to hide slaves from slave hunters in the 19th century.