If last week’s debt-ceiling/deficit-reduction agreement staved off financial disaster — and the Washington politicians assured us that it would — then what are we supposed to call the economic earthquake that rocked Wall Street two days after the president signed the legislation?
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BEACH TO BEACON: Piers survives heat, wins Maine women’s title
CAPE ELIZABETH — It was, said Sheri Piers, like trying to breath air through a straw that had been pinched.
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Last-minute vote registrants may not know about issues
No one is more supportive than I when it comes to voter registration, our right to vote and, most of all, our obligation to practice that right, which hundreds of thousands of American citizens fail to do. In regard to the recent law passed by the Legislature to disallow voter registration the same day as […]
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Winglass leads Department of Labor
AUGUSTA — The new head of the state Department of Labor wants to crack down on people who try to scam the unemployment system. He also wants to help those who need better skills get the proper training.
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BEACH TO BEACON WOMEN: Kiros pulls away to win women’s title
CAPE ELIZABETH — Aheza Kiros ran the final stretch of the TD Bank Beach to Beacon surrounded by male runners, but at one point along the 6.2-mile course the Ethiopian charged to a commanding lead and solidified her place in the elite women’s field.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Lilies and lobster make a great combination
Lilies and lobster are a great combination. At the end of July — with our youngest daughter Hilary, who lives and works in Washington D.C. — we headed for one of Maine’s most spectacular venues, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
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MAINE COMPASS: Ruin of salmon runs took a long time; recovery will, too
All of Maine’s rivers were once the home of vast schools of Atlantic salmon returning from the ocean to reproduce. It has been estimated that in the Kennebec River alone as many as 70,000 Atlantic salmon returned annually.
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ANNIE: Until husband admits his problem,he probably won’t seek treatment
Dear Annie: I have been married to “Greg” for 21 years, and we have three wonderful teenagers. When we met, Greg seemed like the perfect guy. However, a few years after we married, he began to drink much more heavily, and now he gets drunk nearly every day.
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Winslow’s new public works director finds job, town a good fit
WINSLOW — Paul Fongemie grew up in Madawaska, right against the Canadian border and the state’s northernmost town. Not surprisingly, he spoke French before English.
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LIZ SOARES: When we reach ‘that age,’ it’s just ‘one thing after another’
When a friend posted on Facebook that he was having trouble with “floaters” (those pesky spots that appear in some people’s line of vision) one respondent quipped that they both apparently had reached the age where “it’s always something.”