11 years ago Enjoy your living family members We held our family reunion last week, with a healthy mix of genealogy, fellowship and just plain fun.
11 years ago The Dodd-Frank Act five years later By Congressman Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act.
11 years ago Misplaced blame in SAD 4 To the Editor: The residents of SAD 4 are having a difficult time passing a school budget.
11 years ago SAD 4 leadership still not ‘getting it’ To the Editor: SAD 4 had its most recent district budget meeting last Wednesday.
11 years ago Thanks for ‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’ To the Editor: I want to thank so very many people who have been so helpful in preparing for our upcoming production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.
11 years ago The bully in the playhouse The Maine State Legislature has moved to its summer recess and now the clean-up crews have moved in to scrap the residue of food fights, tantrums, rock throwing, and all around juvenile behavior off the walls of the respective legislative chambers and the Governor’s office.
11 years ago Maine’s caregiver gap is widening To the editor: Family caregivers in Maine provided 165 million hours of care worth an estimated $2.
11 years ago Freedom depends on democracy To the Editor: Back on June 9, Dover residents once again had the democratic privilege to exercise one of this nation’s most distinctive freedoms — the right to vote.
11 years ago Ex-officers say police scrutiny unfair Senators Paul Davis, David Burns and Scott Cyrway It seems like every day there’s some new video involving police officers that’s gone viral and is dominating the cable news outlets.
11 years ago SAD 4 budget vote tonight To the Editor: A month ago, the voters of SAD 4 in the budget validation referendum turned down the educational budget of the district with a resounding 75 percent “no” vote.
11 years ago Support for Maine caregivers To the Editor: Family caregivers in Maine provided 165 million hours of care worth an estimated $2.
11 years ago Won’t let veterans slip through the cracks By Congressman Bruce Poliquin(R-Maine) Honoring the service and sacrifice of our veterans, members of the military, and their families is one my greatest and proudest responsibilities as your Congressman.
11 years ago Maine’s pre-Katrina moment By Andrea Boland The Maine State legislature has done its work to address the threat of a total collapse of the electric grid from GMD, an extreme geomagnetic solar storm (or geomagnetic disturbance), so powerful and widespread it would black out Maine, the whole Northeast, Atlantic seaboard, or even the nation for months or years — but work remains.