Many thanks to Naomi Schalit and the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting for “Some now have second thoughts about fast-tracking wind” (Sun Journal, online version, Aug. 9). The article is accurate and thoughtful and gets beyond the pious platitudes that characterize most — not all, but most — of the reporting on wind power […]
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Black Bears getting ready for season
ORONO — A year older, wiser and — knock on wood — healthier, the University of Maine football team is discovering that the injury woes and trial-by-fire ordeals of 2009 may have been a blessing in disguise. The Black Bears open their season just three weeks from today at home against Albany, so with a […]
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Committed to stewardship
In response to Howard Corwin’s letter (July 26) on water extraction policies, I’d like to offer some information about Poland Spring’s commitment to responsible water stewardship. At Poland Spring, we realize we have a responsibility to the people of Maine and to Maine’s environment. We do not take our duties lightly. We work with some […]
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Maine AD takes post at Miami
ORONO (AP) — University of Maine Athletic Director Blake James is leaving the school to take a job at the University of Miami. The university said Tuesday that James will serve as senior associate athletic director for external affairs at the Florida school. He will leave in early September. James came to Maine in 2003 […]
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Country star Miranda Lambert coming to Maine
Three-time Grammy nominee Miranda Lambert will bring her style of country music to the Bangor Waterfront Pavilion on Oct. 2. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Guest artist will be Eric Church. Among the other distinguished awards Lambert has won are the Academy of Country Music’s Female Vocalist of the Year […]
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Assaults reported in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police were investigating two unrelated assaults early Tuesday morning. Sgt. Rob Ullrich said a man was found beaten on the sidewalk in front of 78 College St. late Monday night. The victim’s name and age were not available by 12:20 a.m. Tuesday. The man was being treated at Central Maine Medical Center. Earlier […]
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Structure would be inappropriate
The Sun Journal editorial of July 28 makes the point that Maine’s state parks “belong to us,” the people of Maine. That is to whom the land constituting the state parks was conveyed and given by Maine people. My great-grandfather was one of these people, and he took great satisfaction from the creation of Mt. […]
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The real promise of wind power
This is in response to Jonathan Carter’s guest column, “The false promise of mountaintop industrial wind” (July 25). Carter has distorted the facts to the Maine public through exaggeration. It is time for the conversation to become centered on reasonable discussion with supportive evidence. The wind industry is required by law to go through extensive […]
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Arrest was not the answer
I was both shocked and saddened at the arrest of an 84-year-old homeless man in the Norway area (Aug. 4). If the man were truly homeless, he obviously needs help, not jail. I wonder whatever happened to families taking care of their own. It seems that an agency on aging would be able to better […]
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Cigarette sales rise in Maine, fall in NH
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Cigarette sales are rising in Maine for the first time in more than 20 years, and New Hampshire’s higher cigarette taxes may be one reason why. According to Maine Revenue Services, the number of cigarette tax stamps sold in Maine during the first six months of 2010 is up about 5 […]