The Republicans complain about the debt that the president has run up. But the U.S. debt was increased by hundreds of billions of dollars by the Bush-Cheney invasion of Iraq, which was a total waste as there was no need to invade. The small Arab countries nearby were afraid of being invaded by Iraq so […]
What hard work makes LePage need vacation?
Let me see if I have this right: Gov. Paul LePage has a problem with state workers, teachers and labor in general. This same hard-working man has been in office just three months and is so tired from his work that he had to escape to Jamaica for vacation? Was it his “hard work” insulting […]
OUR OPINION: Bad judgment, at least, rife at MTA top levels
The most devastating question posed to Paul Violette by a legislative panel on Friday was the last.
Coyotes take advantage as people encroach on them
As a lover of the outdoors and Maine landscapes, George Smith, a highly vocal and influential spokesman, presents readers with an extremely limited viewpoint of coyotes (April 13). In comparison to deaths by car accidents, homicidal gun wielders and drug overdoses, to list just a few of life’s dangers, deaths by coyote do not qualify […]
Japanese officials chose to ‘save face’ instead of lives
The leaders of the government in Japan and the executives of Tokyo Power should be prosecuted for depraved indifference, since they put their own needs to “save face” ahead of the safety of the citizens of Japan. To maintain an appearance of being in control of the situation, they withheld critical information, told half-truths, dissembled, […]
SNAPSHOT: Mother hen
Anita Chandler clutches a hen Sunday from the flock of chickens that roost at her family’s East Monmouth farm. Chandler said the hen is kept as a pet since it lays green eggs.
New postcard-sender mystery develops
FAIRFIELD — Is Sonny’s Superfan the new Postcard Jack?
DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA — Here is a list of cases closed between April 7 and April 13 in Augusta District Court:
New website allows ratings check on physicians
AUGUSTA — Mainers have an easy and reliable way to compare the quality of doctors and hospitals around the state, the creators of a new website say.