California is still reeling from an earlier attack on a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park that killed 11 and cast a shadow over an important holiday for many Asian-American communities.
January 2023
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Maine Voices: Is the Doomsday Clock about to move closer to midnight?
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ clock was first set at the start of the Cold War. On Tuesday, we’ll find out how much closer the world is to self-destruction in 2023.
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Jan. 24, 1978: Surprise dinner party held for employee’s 40 years of service at Waterville store, Colby outdoor laboratory considered for natural landmark, and ‘snow shoveling can be dangerous’ says doctor
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Welcome Corps a welcome development
The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.
Posted inMaine, News
Lawmakers consider changes as state’s General Assistance program shows strain
Several proposals call for higher state reimbursement, as well as other changes to rental rates, eligibility and administrative support.
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Tom Waddell: Fight over abortion rights continues at the state level
Since the Supreme Court all but overturned Roe v. Wade by allowing states to honor or deny a woman’s constitutional right to choose, freedom-loving abortion advocates are pushing back at the state level. California, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New York and South Carolina each acted to protect a woman’s right to an abortion in 2022. Some […]