Gov. Paul LePage has done it again. Calling the people who suggested making a human chain in front of the mural “idiots” shows he has no respect for anyone. He says “get over yourselves.” I think he needs someone to bring him down a few pegs himself. Since he took office (not by majority vote, […]
Send a little extra money to Uncle Sam to stop cuts
There is a simple answer for the United States and Maine when it comes to money problems. Many are complaining that Gov. Paul LePage and Republicans in Washington are cutting spending to many of the nation’s and state’s little social programs. After years of overspending from here to Washington, D.C., the piggy bank is empty […]
Government must get back to serving citizens
The “American Heritage Dictionary” defines fascism as: “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with a belligerent nationalism.” We do not have a dictatorship yet. We do have a growing number of right-wing extremists and, more and more, our governments […]
‘Murder in America is like a cancer’
Murder in America is like a cancer. It seems like we are both losing and saving lives. People are murdered by abortions, overdoses of drugs and alcohol and at the hands of criminals. People are saved by Jesus Christ, technology and recycling. How can we win over the murderers, you know “thou shalt not kill” […]
VIDEO: Monmouth moviemaker wins film festival award
MONMOUTH — The makers of “Scooter McGruder” left Saturday’s L/A Film Festival with a little more hardware than when they arrived.
Selectman charged with OUI pleads not guilty
Stephen Pierce, 60, a Carrabassett Valley selectman, was arrested March 6 in the Old Port.
Park Service ordered to release documents
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A former Acadia National Park restaurant employee has won his lawsuit seeking park documents about a 2008 confrontation between park rangers and a group of young people atop the park’s Day Mountain that left him with serious facial injuries. The Bangor Daily News says federal Judge John Woodcock has ordered […]
Maine tribal police chief guilty of theft
Joseph Barnes of Pleasant Point stole more than $33,000 to feed a gambling habit.
AG declines to issue opinion on Brown
Maine House Democrats have questioned Daryl Brown’s eligibility to run the DEP.
Text of Gadhafi’s letter to Obama
“Our dear son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu oumama, your intervention is the name of the U.S.A. is a must . . .”