AUGUSTA — The next great business idea very well may be stuck in the head of some high school student here in central Maine.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Bottle bill addresses only small part of total recycling program
If I read the newspaper’s recent editorial correctly, you don’t even want to have a discussion about how to improve recycling in Maine if it involves changes to the bottle bill.
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At Colby business competition, farming pitches score major funding
WATERVILLE — Instead of good grades, students at Colby College on Saturday were striving for money.
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Dancing in reverence
Time isn’t healing Lisa Colfer’s wounds, it’s just numbing the pain.
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MIKE TIPPING: Chemical vote, column show GOP breaking with LePage
This past week, two very unusual and very public political rebukes were delivered to Gov. Paul LePage from his own party.
Posted inLifestyle
Looks like you picked wrong guy, if you want long-term commitment
Dear Annie: I’ve been with “James” for six years. He is 57. We get along great and enjoy each other’s company. We both own our homes.
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RICHARD CONNOR: Where is the action voters expected from campaign promises?
All the Republicans, and even some Democrats, who ran for Congress last fall promised to do something about the federal government’s out-of-control budget deficits.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Veteran supports ban on smoking in private clubs
I served in the military for more than 30 years. I am also a Republican who supports Democratic Rep. Anna Blodgett’s proposed L.D. 1230 to ban smoking in private, veterans clubs. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, less than 35 percent of veterans smoke, including those from Iraq and Afghanistan. Each year at taxpayers’ […]
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WHAT IS PET PLASTIC?
* PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic resin and a form of polyester.