I’m a senior citizen, and I receive a very small Social Security check. It barely covers my Medicare and medical insurance supplement. My SS check is automatically deposited to my checking account, and my Medicare and medical insurance supplement costs are automatically withdrawn from my checking account. If Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit or […]
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Maine same-sex couples on rise
PORTLAND — The number of homes with same-sex couples has grown nearly 60 percent during the past decade in Maine, according to census data released as same-sex marriage advocates gather petitions that could lead to the state’s second statewide referendum on gay marriage.
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OUR OPINION: LePage should address Olsen’s allegations
Norman Olsen spent 25 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, dispatched to trouble spots around the globe. But he had to come home to Maine to find out what backstabbing feels like.
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Money shouldn’t be force behind educators doing job
Here we go again: Paying people to increase their job performance when they should be doing their job anyway.
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Remembering summer Sundays at Unity Pond
On these hot summer days, the old road to Unity Pond always comes to my mind. Back in the 1940s, all of us King kids, and even Mum and Dad, waited in anticipation for the right-hand turn we had to take off the main road. Down a hill, over railroad tracks, more dirt road then […]
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DENIS THOET: Strong support shown for store selling food from local farms
Going forward… (I love that phrase. It’s so much more expressive than “going backward,” or “going nowhere”). It looks like local food is “going forward” as the wave of the future in my local area.
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Smell from in-town farm makes life tough for others
As I sit by my open windows enjoying the cool evening breezes, the peacefulness of now-quiet roads and a cup of fresh coffee, I appreciate the simple and uncomplicated life of a small town. Oakland and its surrounding areas have so much to offer for both residents and visitors. We moved back to this area […]
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Dodge named Waterville Junior High principal
WATERVILLE — After spending four years as assistant principal at Waterville Senior High School, Carole Dodge now has her own school to run.
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Services for Springmann next week
NEWPORT — The funeral for Army Pfc. Tyler M. Springmann, the 19-year-old from Hartland who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, will be a week from today in the same high school gymnasium where he graduated.
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OUR OPINION: Political slap at Portland stings throughout the state
Among the bombshells set off by outgoing Marine Resources Commissioner Norman Olsen was his allegation that Gov. Paul LePage shot down efforts to help the groundfishing industry because it would involve collaborating with the city of Portland.