The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) went into effect in 1983 and 1977, respectively. These federal laws reduced or eliminated Social Security benefits for ...
I’m thankful for all of the Mainers who voted for Graham Platner. As we now head toward the November elections, let’s be alert. To try and discredit Platner, Sen. Susan Collins and GOP backers are ...
In order for capitalism to survive, we need to keep the excesses in check and thus ensure incentives to prosper are available ...
I was sitting in medical waiting room recently and chanced to strike up a conversation with a 93-year-old Maine woman sitting nearby. She confided that she had buried her husband of 72 years just two ...
A new report alleges that mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas produced unsafe ...
Ty Myers and Jo Dee Messina are coming to Sidney, Robert Neary and Karla Bonoff are coming to Waterville, and Shawn Colvin ...
Instead of bemoaning Mainers’ lack of cash for living expenses (“Many Maine households struggle to cover basic expenses, report finds,” June 1), Maine Equal Justice should encourage more Mainers to ...
Ron Currie is adapting his 2025 novel 'The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne' for Netflix. A prequel, 'We Will See You Bleed ...
The Maine School Administrative District 53 budget comes with an overall increase of 1.70% and a local tax increase of 5.58%.
An update on books by Tess Gerritsen, Travis Kennedy, Adam White and Ron Currie that were being developed for TV or film in ...
Residents of Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales approved the proposed $23.5 million Regional School Unit 4 school budget for next ...
A Western Maine camping guide begins with Mount Blue, Dummer’s Beach and Grafton Notch, then branches into nearby New ...