Many Democrats feel that his more moderate views means he has a greater chance of beating Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders does.
March 2020
Posted inLocal & State
Rockland pays former assessor $168,000 to settle lawsuit over firing
Doreen French sued the city over being terminated after suffering a head injury in a car crash.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sanders, Biden increase attacks as head-to-head race takes shape
Some activists are disappointed that a once diverse field of women and minorities has dwindled to two white men in their late 70s.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Nile River cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster
Egyptian authorities say 45 people tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the Editor: You don’t need to police legal pot
I am 60 years old and first smoked cannabis at age 13. I seldom had difficulty obtaining it for the next 40 years. I thought the citizens of Maine legalized use and possession of marijuana years ago. Now, the Maine DEA wants hundreds of thousands of dollars to go after people growing and selling the […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the Editor: Put power in hands of Mainers, not CMP owners
A bill in the Legislature offers a way to create our own power at our price and receive better service.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the Editor: Corridor claims lack context
Yesterday (Feb. 27), like many folks, I received a mailing from the Clean Energy Matters group outlining the benefits of a proposed tranmission line. One of their “facts” stated that: “The shift away from dirty fossil fuels will eliminate over three million tons of dirty emissions from our air.” This is an impressive “fact” but, […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Voters’ failure of imagination doomed Warren’s campaign
We will believe that a woman can be president after we’ve seen a woman president. That’s a problem.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: March 7
March 7, 2019: The Skowhegan-based School Administrative District 54 board votes 14-9 to discontinue the use of “Indians” in reference to the district’s sports teams. The decision follows five years of bitter, high-profile debate about the name. The district consists of Canaan, Cornville, Mercer, Norridgewock, Skowhegan and Smithfield. Many Skowhegan-area residents oppose dropping the name, […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
More than a million times, Mainers say, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’
Maine has the fourth-highest rate of residents who have signed up with the National Do Not Call Registry.
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