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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Seniors liking Facebook
Facebook’s strongest growth this past year has come from users over 65.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Interim chief named as Lebanon reviews rescue department
He takes over a department with $207,000 in debt, shaky financial practices and the husband-and-wife leaders departing.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
For old-style incandescent bulbs, it’s lights out
On Wednesday, it will become illegal to manufacture or import 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Letter to the editor: Energetic free press helps show where to place trust
Once again, many thanks are due to the Press Herald and particularly to Colin Woodard for the excellent article on Republican interests in undermining the tax structure of the state of Maine (“Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes,” Dec. 5). The FreeME plan, if proposed and enacted, would free Washington […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Letter to the editor: Righteous anti-gay bigotry damaging beyond belief
I find it hard to swallow that we live in a country that where people say that a genetic predisposition is a sin and that sinners are going to hell. Then people who hold those beliefs hide behind religion and freedom of speech, like their bigotry is something righteous. When someone calls these people out, […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Letter to the editor: LePage, House Republicans should help secure subsidies
Gov. Paul LePage declined federal funding for MaineCare expansion, leaving thousands of Maine residents without access to affordable health insurance. The Republican Party has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act at every turn, thus ensuring continued political power. Gov. LePage is currently reviewing alternatives to expansion such as in Arkansas and Iowa. These states have received […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Letter to the editor: Giving thanks for kindness of strangers
On Dec. 16, I was sitting in McDonald’s in Falmouth when a stranger walked up and said, “Are you a veteran?” At the time I was wearing a hat that said U.S. Navy VP Association. When I replied, “yes,” the stranger, Glen Maners, said, “Merry Christmas” and handed me a Walmart gift certificate for […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Letter to the editor: Grandmother grateful for stranger’s generosity
Yes, Virginia, there are still miracles that happen at Christmastime. On Dec. 19, I drove to Standish to pick up my four grandchildren to take them to the Maine Mall to do some Christmas shopping and see the Christmas displays. The two older ones went shopping by themselves and thought that was a pretty big […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
On the Move
NEW FACES • Steven Hewins was appointed executive director of Portland’s Downtown District. Hewins had served as interim executive director since August. He has been involved in downtown Portland’s business and hospitality community for more than 30 years. • Nicholas Labbe joined Northeast Security Systems as general manager and vice president of sales. Most recently, […]
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PublishedDecember 31, 2013
Maine Voices: Rise of inequality worried Americans in late 19th, early 20th centuries
The concentration of wealth worried everyone from President Cleveland to Maine’s labor chief.
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