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  • Published
    November 4, 2011

    CON:Pipeline borrowing isrisky gamble for Madison

    I recently attended the public hearings about Madison's plan to risk $102 million dollars of property taxpayer money to build a natural gas pipeline for 12 towns in central Maine.

  • Published
    November 3, 2011

    Editorial reasoning against Lewiston casino was absurd

    I was utterly shocked at this paper's editorial position on Question 3, the Lewiston casino. The convoluted and disingenuous reasoning boggles the mind.

  • Published
    November 3, 2011

    Mainers deserve to know their elections are secure

    Maine has one of the most unsecure voter registrations in the country. It is lax, it is error-prone, and it leaves room for much vulnerability.

  • Published
    November 3, 2011

    Occupy Augusta camp is a paragon of democracy

    I attended a forum at the University of Maine at Augusta on Thursday, Oct. 27, with members of the Occupy Augusta movement. I was intrigued enough to then visit their camp in Capitol Park the following evening (once I was dressed properly for the cold!). I received a lesson in democracy that taught me more in one hour than I thought I could learn, but the fact was, I was hungry for it.

  • Published
    November 3, 2011

    Occupy Augusta camp is a paragon of democracy

    I attended a forum at the University of Maine at Augusta on Thursday, Oct. 27, with members of the Occupy Augusta movement. I was intrigued enough to then visit their camp in Capitol Park the following evening (once I was dressed properly for the cold!). I received a lesson in democracy that taught me more in one hour than I thought I could learn, but the fact was, I was hungry for it.

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  • Published
    November 2, 2011

    Maine environmentfosters good writing

    It might be the water but I think it's the Maine environment that fosters so many great writers. We've produced some of our nation's best writers, and that has accelerated in the last few decades.

  • Published
    November 1, 2011

    Two groups of petitionerswill greet voters next week

    Election Day is a week from today and the diverse ballot issues and hard-fought local elections aren't the only reason to head to the polls.

  • Published
    October 31, 2011

    Maine’s Race to the Top plan provides help for youngest citizens

    Earlier this month, a cross-agency team made up of staff from the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services sent Maine's application for $32 million in Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge funds off to Washington, D.C.

  • Published
    October 30, 2011

    Fighter with a left hook

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- What was that about a Democratic "enthusiasm gap"?

  • Published
    October 30, 2011

    Retro sunglasses a relic from New England’s manufacturing past

    My husband, Paul, and I have been cleaning out his parents' house since my mother-in-law died last December.