It used to be that baseball and the stock market both were long-term investments.
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Taylor’s mural not inspired by socialist realism
At least Judy Taylor’s Department of Labor artwork is removable and, I hope, has been stored carefully until this imbroglio is over. In 1934, Diego Rivera’s fresco “Man at the Crossroads,” which included a clear picture of Vladimir Lenin, was chiseled from the walls of Rockefeller Center when Nelson Rockefeller disapproved of including the communist […]
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What else did LePage say when first seeing mural?
When Gov. Paul LePage made his first official visit to Maine’s Department of Labor, he viewed there the grand 36-foot mural depicting Maine’s labor history. In addition to his now-famous denouncing it as being anti-business, did anyone nearby imaginatively hear him conclude his vocal opinion by muttering: “Bah humbug!” Maal Sibulkin Winslow
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Brunswick psychiatrist’s license suspended
John Matt Dorn, M.D., has his license to practice medicine suspended for allegedly engaging in inappropriate conduct with a patient.
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2 teens linked to 21 burglaries in Lincoln County
The suspects broke into homes and campgrounds at night, stealing all types of items from plasma TVs and outboard motors to copper pipes
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LePage upbeat about next 60 days
The governor says his administration deserves “an A-plus” for its work on such matters as expediting state repayments of a Medicaid debt to hospitals. Now he says he’s focused on advancing his agenda before the Legislature’s mid-June adjournment.
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Kids’ photographs on display at Hathaway Creative Center
WATERVILLE — Taylor Dawson pointed to her black and white photo of a cellar window that had been removed from a house and was leaning against it.
“Personally,” I thought it was very good,” she said.
Dawson, 11, entered her photograph in the Kids With Cameras Exhibit at the Hathaway Creative Center on Water Street.
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‘Time value of money’ crucial in pension payout
The letter from Neal Patterson (April 6) describes the state retirement system as “too generous” and “not sustainable.” Patterson presented the pensions of two “random acquaintances,” examining what they had paid into the system, and what they had been paid out of it. His figures were, indeed, unsettling. Then I noticed the flaw in Patterson’s […]