We were capable of common cause after Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and 9/11. Are we still?
March 2020
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
In rapid sequence, Legislature approves $76 million budget package geared toward pandemic
The measure includes $38 million more for Maine’s public schools, funding for coronavirus response and dozens of other new initiatives.
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Want to run for office in Kennebunk?
Here is the list of seats on the ballot and the deadline for nominations.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Meetings: March 18-25
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Beem is right, Collins is no moderate
Thanks to Edgar Beem for echoing what thousands in Maine know to be the truth about Susan Collins. She’s not a moderate. Thanks to her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the attacks on a woman’s right to make her own reproductive healthcare decisions continue to escalate, most recently in Alabama. That […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: March 18
Math League winners Falmouth student gains national recognition in art Liz Mazelsky of Falmouth won a 2020 Scholastic Gold Key Award for her oil painting “Pears I” in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Competition. In addition, her watercolor “Flowers and Lobsters” is on display through March 20 at Springville Art Museum as part of […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The virus means more of us will be voting by mail – but that won’t be easy
Replacing Election Day receipt laws in Maine and other states with the more intuitive postmarked-by-Election Day standard is essential.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: March 18
March 18, 1854: Androscoggin County is formed from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Lincoln counties. Maine’s 14th county, the second-smallest in area after Sagadahoc, is the location of Maine’s second-largest city, Lewiston. March 18, 1989: The USS Philippine Sea, a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser manufactured by Bath Iron Works, is commissioned in Portland. The […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letter: BIW must close to protect workers from virus
The time to shut down Bath Iron Works in the face of the coronavirus epidemic is NOW. With 8,000 workers living in 16 counties and traveling to work by bus and van from remote parking lots, BIW has the capacity to set the state on fire, not to mention the Bath area. Both the President […]
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Coronavirus hits as Maine struggles to rebuild public health system
Key positions that were not filled during the LePage administration remain vacant even as the need for them increases.
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