Just a few years ago, Sen. Susan Collins said: “I will work with my colleagues in the Senate to develop a responsible budget that sets priorities while also ensuring that future generations are not burdened with unsustainable debt.” When Sen. Collins made that remark the national debt was about $18 trillion. Now? It’s about $21 […]
2018
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
U.S.-Russian relations might have been destined to deteriorate
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s press conference Monday in Helsinki was the most embarrassing performance by an American president I can think of. And his preposterous efforts to talk his way out of his troubles made him seem even more absurd. But what has been obscured by this disastrous and humiliating display is the other […]
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Posted inNation / World, sj-web
What we know about what Trump and Putin agreed to
For two hours on Monday, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in private, with only interpreters there to hear their conversation. No aides, no press – just the two leaders and their translators, discussing who knows what. This tete-a-tete was viewed as problematic well before it took place. When it was announced […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Silent messengers create dangerous void
We commonly try to distinguish the message from the messenger. “Don’t shoot the messenger,” we used to holler when someone suggested that news they didn’t like was the fault of journalists doing their job. Nowadays, though, rather than shoot the messenger, power is working overtime to muzzle the messenger. Let the messenger live, but don’t […]
Posted inPerspective, sj-web
Trump says Putin's offer to 'help' is incredible. In a way, he's right
Four years ago, on July 17, 2014, a Boeing 777-200 rose from a runway at the Amsterdam airport bound for Kuala Lumpur. Aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were 298 human beings. As the plane passed over Ukraine and neared the Russian border, a 9M38 series Buk missile, fired from a launcher belonging to Russia’s 53rd […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Yvette T. LaChance Maillet
BRANFORD, Conn. — Yvette T. LaChance Maillet, 88, of Stratford, Conn., beloved wife of the late Laurier Maillet, passed away Tuesday, July 17, in Connecticut Hospice Branford. Yvette, a homemaker, was born in Lewiston on May 14, 1930, to the late Joseph and Clementine (LaRoche) LaChance and has been a longtime area resident. She was an […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Fay listens to constituents
I support Jess Fay’s re-election. She represents House District 66, parts of Raymond, Casco and Poland. Rep. Fay worked across the aisle throughout her term. She listens to her constituents and is not an ideologue, as often appears to be the current vogue in state capitals around the U.S. She had three bills signed by […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Margaret McMahon Ellis
WINCHESTER, Mass. — Margaret M. Ellis passed away July 15 in Winchester Nursing Center, Mass. She was a year-round resident of Rangeley for many years and loved the town. Margaret was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, grew up in Long Beach, Calif., and joined the Coast Guard in 1943 serving in World War II. She married William […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Proud to vote for Brakey
Before he was elected to the Maine Senate, I had met Eric Brakey and was familiar with the principles that he believed in. Once he entered the Senate, I happily watched as he worked steadfastly for the people of Maine. He has demonstrated the important quality of being able to work graciously with colleagues on […]
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Kimberly "Kim" Sue Dobbie
LEWISTON — Kimberly (Kim) Sue Dobbie died on July 15, 2018 from injuries sustained in a homicide in Lewiston. She was 48 years old. Kim is survived by her 11-year-old twin sons, Cole and Dylan, by her mother, Sue Dobbie of Ayer, formerly of Harvard, Massachusetts; and by her brother Christopher of Baltimore, Maryland. She is […]