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Published
March 28, 2010

Dispatches

AUGUSTA Deadlines approaching for moose permit applications Paper applications for the 2010 moose permit lottery are due by 5 p.m. Thursday at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Augusta. The applications must be postmarked or delivered to IFW by the deadline, which provides adequate time for the department to process the paperwork […]
Published
March 28, 2010

Snowmobiling: Alterations salvage premier of Pro-Am race

Less than 24 hours before the inaugural Maine 100 Pro-Am Cross Country Snowmobile Race scheduled for March 20, things were looking very grim, or more specifically, very brown. A week of temperatures in the 50s in Greenville had melted the snow off all of Bullwinkle’s raceway, leaving only dirt. “When we took the USCC (United […]
Published
March 28, 2010

Maine Gardener: For a bloomin’ beautiful Maine garden this season, go native, of course

Maureen Heffernan, director of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, spoke about native plants for Maine gardens at the Portland Flower Show earlier this month. Cheryl Rich of Southern Maine Community College spoke about blooms throughout the season. What I found interesting was that they ended up talking about a lot of the same plants. But they […]
Published
March 28, 2010

Kish: Add Bristol to your must-hike list

Wave after curling wave rushes inward from the deep green waters of Muscongus Bay, crashing into the fractured rocks of the shoreline and bursting ocean spray about like frothy fireworks. Safely perched above the scene on Leighton Head, we enjoy a front row seat for the awesome natural display on this magic mile of Maine […]
Published
March 27, 2010

Letters to the editor: March 27, 2010

Right-wing comments inflammatory An Associated Press article in the Press Herald asks, “Has political discourse reached an all-time low?” I propose the general answer is no, but the conservative right has. Unfortunately, many on the right are getting their information from those who benefit most from instilling panic and fear. Talk-radio hosts and their wannabes […]

Published
March 26, 2010

Nemitz: Samaritan didn’t need preconditions

When you’re taught by the Roman Catholic nuns and brothers, you hear a lot of parables over the years. But decades later, I still remember one by heart. It’s the story of the Good Samaritan. According to the Gospel of Luke, it all started one day when a lawyer-type questioned Jesus on the commandment that […]
Published
March 26, 2010

Judge finds bias in vote on bar

The ruling that a Westbrook councilor was not impartial gives Skybox owners hope they'll win their license battle.
Published
March 26, 2010

Letters to the editor: March 26, 2010

Stories on Israel flawed from any angle After many years of hearing and reading about a bias against Israel in the mainstream media, I thought I’d see how my hometown newspaper stacks up against this charge. With Israel in the news of late due to the tension between the Obama administration and the Israeli government […]
Published
March 26, 2010

Student injured in Sanford stabbing
Published
March 26, 2010

Student injured in Sanford stabbing

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