U.S. House Speaker John Boehner announces his resignation. Maine Gov. Paul LePage vetoes almost all bills, won’t make executive appointments and blocks bond issues. What do these events have in common? You could call it “my way or the highway” politics. Like much of American politics these days, they reflect the battle between purists and […]
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You’ve got to spend money to make money.” So the old adage goes. Another word for this is “investment,” and the City of Sanford made a smart one recently by deciding to invest in a 32- mile fiber network, which promises to deliver world-class, highspeed broadband Internet access to the community. Mayor Tom Cote said […]
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The Republican of Springfield (Mass.), Sept. 23: When news broke late last week that VW had apparently been rigging emissions tests on some of its diesel-powered vehicles, the story was initially difficult to comprehend. The tests are the tests, right? So how would it be possible to doctor the results? Puts those ads touting “German […]
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So I (don’t) think I can dance
Someone needs to show me how to dance. That’s a tall order for several reasons, not the least of which is my complete lack of coordination. Somewhere, on a spacecraft near the fringes of the Andromeda galaxy, is a human guinea pig emerging from some alien’s bizarre electroshock experiment, and they’re moving with more grace […]
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Thumbs up to selectman Jon Gale, the town of Waterboro and all others involved in organizing Waterboro Photo Day. The event is in its second year, and this year folks are encouraged to take pictures in Waterboro – of a particularly pretty spot, of the grandkids – the subject is up to the photographer – […]
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The Providence Journal (R.I.), Sept. 20: The refugee crisis in Europe has distressed goodhearted people everywhere. So it is positive news that President Obama has raised to 10,000 the number of Syrians who will be allowed into this country over the next year. Fleeing four years of civil war, Syrians account for roughly half the […]
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What’s up in October?
The New England landscape will slowly transform over the course of this month from the lush greens of summer to the brilliant and varied hues of our flaming foliage that we are so well known for in this area of the country. As this terrestrial transformation is taking place, our celestial views are also changing […]
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The Day (Conn.), Sept. 25: House Republicans won’t be shutting down the government again. The last time they did so it was a failed-from-the-start attempt to block Obamacare funding. This time it would have involved a symbolic move to defund Planned Parenthood. The results would have been the same as last time; outrage from the […]