HALLOWELL — Maine State Lottery games continue as usual while state officials decide what to do about contracting for future online game services.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
The phone that talks back
With the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple Inc. has put artificial intelligence into the hands of millions.
Posted inNews
Homeless veterans get healthcare at Stand Down event
TOGUS — Zachary Parent got his flu vaccine and then marched into the doctor’s office for a check up.The 24-year-old homeless Army vet from Rockland attended the 14th annual Maine Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Saturday at the Togus VA Medical Center campus.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Bush drew USinto costly quagmire
Paul Douin (letter, Oct. 18) wanted facts, so here they are.
Posted inOpinion
Farewell message to readers
Since announcing on Friday my departure at year’s end from MaineToday Media, the company I founded, there comes the inevitable question:
Posted inNews
Men don high heels to raise awareness about domestic violence
SKOWHEGAN — Martin Hepburn was among a group of 30 people and one of three men wearing red high heels who walked about one mile in downtown Skowhegan to raise money and awareness to combat domestic violence.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Question 1: What yes and no votes really mean
The hardest thing about Question 1 is knowing what it means to say yes or no.
Posted inOpinion
Inventors needed to help U.S. economy
When oil was still spewing uncontrollably from the Deepwater Horizon well last summer, philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and the X Prize Foundation issued a $1.4 million challenge calling for better technologies to clean up oil spills. Aside from Schmidt’s concern for the environment, the need for innovation in this arena was dire.
Posted inNews
Perfect Storm marks 20th anniversary
If it weren’t for the Perfect Storm, or the book and movie that depicted it, Linda Greenlaw might not be a household name.
Posted inOpinion
Retro sunglasses a relic from New England’s manufacturing past
My husband, Paul, and I have been cleaning out his parents’ house since my mother-in-law died last December.