Duplicate certificate cost skyrockets to $60 For years, the governor and other politicians down in Augusta have been wondering why folks are leaving Maine or why they want to (even though they "really don't" want to leave). Well, every time said politicians look in the mirror, the answer is right there.
Care about lung cancer as much as other issues Now that Election Day has come to a close, I'm hoping Maine citizens can turn their attention to Lung Cancer Awareness, not just for the month of November, but all year, every year.
OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTSHENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, ìThe Maine Woods.î We mark the 150th anniversary of ThoreauÃs 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations. For more, click here.
SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards. For more, click here.
A stubborn stain on our society EDITOR'S NOTE: Three Maine Compass columns on the prevention of domestic violence. Part of our opinion pages' continuing examination of domestic violence.
Not now, not everMainers speak out about domestic violence and how it has affected their lives, their work and those they love.
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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, ìThe Maine Woods.î We mark the 150th anniversary of ThoreauÃs 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations.
