Jeers to the bureaucratic roll of red tape and the frustrating injustice of current U.S. immigration law that’s forcing Lisbon Street’s Three One Cafe owner, Mahamed Mahamud of Lewiston, to leave a successful business in our city and return to war-torn Somalia. We could go on and on about why Mahamud and his family — […]
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Poliquin leaves trail littered with ethical lapses
The state treasurer has painted himself into a corner. Now that he’s running for the U.S. Senate, he’s trying to get out of that corner without a smudge. When Bruce Poliquin bought a 10-acre plot of land in Georgetown in 2001 it came with a deed restriction that severely limits tree harvesting. According to the […]
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Governor’s energy plan needs work
Gov. Paul LePage’s energy initiatives, released earlier this week, have some good points and some bad points. First, the good: The governor’s proposed bills include two that profess to increase transparency and oversight. One would require the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Office of the Public Advocate to show on their websites the cost […]
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Online readers share thoughts on Museum L-A and canal redevelopment
Here’s a look at what readers in our online community had to say about a story on the work of landscape architect Michael Blier, who is working on a plan for Museum L-A’s new facilities. Blier, a Maine native with Lewiston connections, in a front-page story Monday, shared several innovative landscape design ideas that incorporate […]
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March brings rabid group of complainers
While the month of March ushers in temperatures above freezing, baseball’s spring training and St. Patrick’s Day, it also marks the time of year when many people grouse about income taxes. The headaches, muscle cramps and sleepless nights resulting from the hours of poring over inane forms to satisfy sadistic Internal Revenue Service nerds are […]
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A lesson in the real world
Curious about wind current, 12-year-old Connor Lasco released a heart-shaped Mylar balloon at his home in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, where it was grabbed by a strong-moving jet stream and bobbed some 500 miles northeast before dropping down in Auburn. Twelve-year-old Evy Bilodeau found the balloon at the end of a family snowmobiling trip later […]
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Embracing diversity, embracing ourselves
On Monday, students at Dirigo High School celebrated Diversity Day. It was a day to celebrate differences in culture, age, gender, politics, orientation, religion and more. Diversity is not, as some blogosphere chatter might have you believe, a four-letter word. It is our reality. No one person is like another, so when we celebrate diversity […]
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Making the gift of ‘life’ takes a little planning
Last Thursday, George Carman was doing what plenty of people around Maine were doing. He was blowing snow from his driveway in New Gloucester. For a lot of people, that may sound like a chore. For Carman, it was a celebration of life. The 45-year-old man has cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic condition where sticky […]
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Maine must expand access to dental care
The leading reason for uninsured or under insured young people to visit an emergency department is dental pain. It’s a disturbing fact that ED doctors and hospital administrators have known for a long time. The Pew Center on the States studied the problem in-depth in a report released this week. Unfortunately for dental patients who […]
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Town meetings: Raise your hand and be counted
Today is the start of Maine’s annual town meeting season. It’s our opportunity to have a direct say in municipal budgets, and to influence municipal policies and ordinances. It’s an opportunity to engage in debate with our neighbors and to exercise our right to self-govern. Local towns scheduled to meet this morning include Minot, Stoneham, […]