The federal agency has attracted the ire of many Mainers in recent times. That doesn’t mean we should turn our backs on its critical work.
2023
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Biden’s big deal on Medicare prescription drug prices
President Biden announced the first price negotiations over 10 super-expensive Medicare drugs last week through the Inflation Reduction Act as if it were a big deal. It is. In fact, it’s the first time since the program’s creation under Lyndon Johnson in 1965 that Democrats have struck a major blow toward reducing the program’s costs […]
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Commentary: Regardless of Pine Tree Power’s fate, Maine utilities will retain ‘green’ focus
Ultimately, the vote on Question 3 is about whether you think government or private monopolies should hold the keys to the clean electricity future.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Ethics panel reviewing formal complaint against state Senate president
Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, declared a second home in Augusta as his principal residence on his mortgage, and Republican critics say he should be investigated for potential violations.
Posted inOn this date
Sept. 7, 1984: Eight indicted in undercover drug operation in Franklin County, ‘sacred cows’ defended in school debate, and a judge bars Maine State Police from soliciting advertisements in magazine ‘The Maine Trooper’
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Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Jaroslava Perkins
FARMINGDALE – Jaroslava Perkins, 92, passed on Aug. 18, 2023.
She was born Nov. 23, 1930 in Czechoslovakia and spent her early …
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Obituary: Esther Margaret (Cannon) Beck
AUGUSTA – Esther Margaret (Cannon) Beck, 90, passed away on Sept. 1, 2023 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Waterville.
She was …
Posted inDeath Notices
Death Notice: Jaroslava Perkins
Perkins, Jaroslava 92, of Farmingdale, Aug. 18. Funeral 12 p.m., Sept. 11, Maine Veterans Cemetery, Augusta. …
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Obituary: Robert Linwood Strout Sr.
CHELSEA – Robert Linwood Strout Sr., 90, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, at Togus VA Medical Center.
He was born in Sanford …