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Letter: Beem ignores 'nincompoops' who toe the party line

As I read Edgar Allen Beem's column of Nov. 7, I found myself both irritated and disappointed. While I was bothered by the "where ...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:30 am

Letter: Lawmakers must ignore party ideology

Now that the elections are over, it is my hope that our newly elected and re-elected state and federal representatives will waste no time in focusing on the issues of concern to older Mainers and their families. Issues such as financial and health security are of paramount importance to many of o...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:20 am

Letter: Frank misses the point about Citizens United

Most people have enough common sense to reject the ideas that corporations are people, and that money is speech, through deductive reasoning. Yet these concepts have been codified into law by our Supreme Court in the oligarchical “Citizens United” ruling. Halsey Frank’s recent

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:00 am

Yarmouth voters narrowly approve bond referendums

YARMOUTH — By nearly identical narrow margins, voters Tuesday approved borrowing $2.88 million for a Public Works Department garage expansion and $1.3 million to renovate the artificial turf field at Yarmouth High School. The garage bond passed 2,806 to 2,539; the turf field bond car...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:20 am

Cooper defeats Hough in Yarmouth's House District 107

YARMOUTH — Democrat and former congressional staffer Janice Cooper defeated small business owner and Republican Mark Hough by more than 1,000 votes Tuesday in House District 107.

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:10 am

Independent Woodbury narrowly holds Senate District 11

YARMOUTH — Incumbent state Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, held off Republican challenger Chris Tyll early Wednesday in Senate District 11 to win one of the most expensive races for the state Legislature. Woodbury defeated Tyll, 13,011 to 11,666, or 53 percent to 47 percent....

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:00 am

Moriarty scores 2-1 margin in House District 108

CUMBERLAND — Longtime Town Councilor Stephen Moriarty defeated Joseph Kumiszcza 3,958 to 1,993 Tuesday in the election for Maine House District 108. District 108 includes Cumberland and a portion of North Yarmouth, as well as Chebeague Island and Long Island. The seat became availabl...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:20 am

Woodbury wins a tight race against Tyll for Senate District 11

Dick Woodbury

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:30 am

Pingree posts 2-1 victory margin in 1st Congressional District

PORTLAND — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, declared victory in her 1st Congressional District race against Republican Jon Courtney on Tuesday night just before 10 p.m. “Clearly the voters have said to me, ‘We’ve all worked hard over the last four years...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:30 am

UPDATE: Mainers legalize same-sex marriage; licenses likely by early January

A supporter waves a sign during the Mainers United for Marriage campaign party at the Holiday Inn in Portland on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Hundreds of people gathered to watch the election returns.

Judy Harrison and Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:20 am
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