I can’t wait to pick tomatoes at Mount Blue State Park, and I’ll bet those fields of pumpkins in Camden Hills State Park will be a big hit with kids come Halloween.
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MIKE TIPPING: Snowe’s announcement takes some heat off state GOP chairman
Olympia Snowe’s announcement last week that she would end her campaign for re-election came as a shock to her constituents in Maine and to people across the nation.
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MAINE COMPASS: Anti-bullying bill would help curb threats, violence children fear
Bullying has become a significant societal issue and a major problem in our school systems.
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MAINE COMPASS: Local school districts hold monopoly in education market
The newspaper recently reported suggestions from Gov. Paul LePage to change the way in which education is funded.
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MAINE COMPASS: Maine’s lack of dental care causes problems for residents, businesses
Maine suffers from a shortage of dentists that affects far more than our smiles. Not having enough dental professionals to provide care for our entire population also undermines our state’s economy.
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DANA MILBANK: Republicans do know women vote, don’t they?
When will Republicans stop their vagina monologue?
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Focus on social issues alienates voters worried about economy
It’s been a wild ride, but the storyline of the Republican race remains remarkably simple and constant: It’s Mitt Romney and the perishable pretenders.
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THEODORA KALIKOW: American Dream has evaporated for lower-income workers
Earlier this winter, I went to the Association of American Colleges & Universities annual conference in Washington, where I attended the women’s networking breakfast.
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M.D. HARMON: How prepared should we be for breakdown in social services?
They run websites, there’s a limited TV series profiling them, they are the targets of survival-gear advertising campaigns, and, for some critics, they are the objects of substantial ridicule.
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MAINE COMPASS: Maine workers make our manufacturing world-class
It is unfortunate that the most recent publicity concerning Maine manufacturing has been about the trials and tribulations of the Kestrel Aircraft Co. at Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.