When I was in high school we had a fairly sizable group of students who were referred to as the “coat kids.” It wasn’t because they had especially nice coats or especially ugly coats; it’s just that during the winter they wore their coats all of the time.
They had a purpose.
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I don’t care how many times I do it. I don’t care how fancy the medical degree of the person in the white coat across from me. I will never feel real comfortable talking to anyone about my bowel …
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Life in a household with children, especially teenagers, is a life full of resistance — resistance and response to resistance. It’s a pull-or-be-pulled world with a lot of give and take and it …
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Weekday mornings at my house are pretty typical. Five people, one kitchen, a bread drawer, a fridge, a cereal cupboard, a silverware drawer and a coffeepot.
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About a week after the world watched loaded passenger jets plow into the sides of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, my husband and I held the hands of our 5- and 8-year-old children and took our …
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Admit it. We’re all tempted occasionally to peek into someone else’s grocery basket. And most of us, at one time or an-other, have stood in line, stared straight ahead and prayed that no one looked into our own.
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You can’t fault someone for trying.
That was my first thought this week when I saw the nationwide headlines that prosecutors in 40 states, including Maine, had signed an agreement with more
There’s surely nothing wrong with exercises that help to prepare for “worst-case” scenarios. Emergency agencies, such as police and fire departments, perform such exercises regularly.
The …
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I must say that I’m feeling a bit sympathetic toward Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin this week.
Sure, I squirmed (and chuckled) along with a lot of you as she muddled and fumbled her way through the …
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While most of us are focusing on concerns such as food, heat and our shrinking retirement accounts as our economy teeters on the brink of recession, Bangor Police Chief Ron Gastia is worried about …
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There appears to be a conflict afoot in Greenville, where the town fathers are sick and tired of hungry, naked diners in search of a free meal dashing into the great Moosehead Lake in full view of …
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Three years ago when Jeff Wahlstrom was elected to the Bangor School Committee, he had high hopes of bringing a fresh voice to the table and effecting changes to a committee that some felt worked in a bubble, disregarding the voices of parents and taxpayers.
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Husbands and wives who have been married very long know a thing or two about compromise and negotiation. Sometimes sheer avoidance of an issue or a matter at hand is called for.
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