LEWISTON — Ray and Rachel Cote will be celebrating 55 years of marriage on June 20, 2019. The couple were high school sweethearts and married shortly after graduating from Lewiston High School. Ray worked in the family business for many years, Cote’s Dairy and also Cote’s Ice Cream. He later owned and operated College Street […]
June 2019
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Noah Smith: Clean up lead before it wrecks more American lives
By Noah Smith Bloomberg Opinion When I was a kid, my dad half-joked that the Roman Empire fell because the Romans used lead to make their pipes, thus poisoning their drinking water supply. Even at age 7, I found that one hard to believe. But maybe, in some crucial ways, my dad was on to […]
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Jared Bornstein: A case for open primaries
As a former U.S. Marine working in the State House, the issues confronting veterans in Maine are never far from my mind. My overarching goal is to make the lives of everyday Mainers better. One issue has come to the fore. I believe that every Mainer deserves to participate in every election, but those who […]
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A paper carrier’s tale: Mayors, business owners, police officers — they all got their starts delivering the local paper
They became mayors and business owners, martial arts experts and police officers. And they all got their cold, snowy rainy, dog-snarling, fourth-floor-climbing, ultimately (mostly) rewarding starts delivering the local newspaper.
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Social media addiction: There’s a cure for that
One effective way to correct unhealthy social-media habits is to “fast” for a few weeks and then come back with strict limits on use.
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Twitter is eroding your intelligence. Now there’s data to prove it.
Twitter not only fails to enhance intellectual attainment but substantially undermines it, Italian researchers say.
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Face Time: Toshio Hashimoto, mechanic and master mushroom grower
Toshio Hashimoto is a Rumford area mechanic, but his first love is growing mushrooms. Find out more about him below. Find out more about his mushrooms, deep-fried, at the Common Ground Fair.
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‘Bad dreams’ and ‘appreciation’ stay with former super carrier Sadie Landry
It’s been nearly three decades since Sadie Landry delivered a newspaper and yet there are still nights when the bad dreams come. “I’m out delivering and I can’t remember where the paper goes,” Landry says of those dreams. “I can’t remember who gets the paper and where it goes. I’m 41 years old and I […]
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Here’s what gets lost when we rely on GPS
Brain behavior changes when people rely on turn-by-turn directions.
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Shelia Wellehan of Cape Elizabeth. It was first published in “The Fourth River.” Beach with No Name By Shelia Wellehan When you walk down rickety wood steps to the beach called Beach with No Name, you’re greeted by a headless flamingo who’s made of the palest […]