“If you’re not motivated this week, you’ve got a major problem,” Tom Brady said.
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Made a big change and regretting it
Andrea Bonior Special to The Washington Post Q: I need to press a reset button on a bad decision I made. Last year I quit my job and moved back to my parents’ house to go back to school in a different field. I am one semester in and very much regretting it. It is […]
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The State of the Union address should go away forever
By Stephen Mihm Bloomberg Opinion House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a keen sense of history. By demanding that President Donald Trump either postpone the State of the Union address until the government shutdown ends or deliver a written statement, she has raised the possibility that we might finally get rid of a ritual that has […]
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Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions
Women have been elected heads of national governments on six continents. They have flown into space, served in elite combat units and won every category of Nobel Prize. The global #MeToo movement, in 15 months, has toppled a multitude of powerful men linked to sexual misconduct. Yet in most of the world’s major religions, women […]
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Mystery Photo for January 20
Mystery Photo for January 20, 2019 If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo […]
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Nancy Pelosi playing politics with State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has written President Trump to suggest that he postpone his State of the Union address, citing her “security concerns” over the ability of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security to protect government officials during the shutdown. With all due respect, that is fake news. Pelosi isn’t worried […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jim Donnelly of Westbrook. Harvesting Hearts . . . (For Dennis Camire and Dave Moreau) By Jim Donnelly I’m harvesting hearts at the all night gas and variety and the dearth, despite the well-stocked shelves of that thing most vital we need for […]
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Snowbirds! Love ’em or hate ’em, they’ve stopped Maine winters cold
Readers are sleeping in their trucks, couch surfing and buying new homes in order to find warm-weather refuge in the South.
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Aries: Make things better by offering kindness, love
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Skeet Ulrich, 49; Rainn Wilson, 53; Bill Maher, 63; David Lynch, 73. Happy Birthday: Take the lead and don’t look back. This is a year to let your innovation take over and set a course for something unique and exciting. Personal improvements will be energizing and push you to take […]
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Gillette ad takes on ‘toxic masculinity’ in #MeToo-era rebrand
For three decades, Gillette promised its customers “The Best a Man Can Get.” An individual. Acquisitive. Assertive. And always clean-shaven. This was the vision of masculinity depicted in an ad campaign that debuted in January 1989 during Super Bowl XXIII. The early days of the George H.W. Bush administration and the end stage of the […]