Sometime next month, the director of the Maine Legislature's Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (commonly called OPEGA) will lead her six-member staff into what is already a political wildfire -- the never-ending computer catastrophe at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
AUGUSTA -- Even at the slow speed, the 1968 Pontiac Firebird purred. When Dana Geneseo backed his car into the center of the Augusta Armory auditorium, everyone turned their head to watch.
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz drove in five runs and hit one of Boston's five home runs as the Red Sox pounded the Tampa Bay Rays for the second straight day, 13-5 on Saturday.
Beth Allen and Merrily Welch know Boston and know it well.
FARMINGTON -- Amie Daniels scored three goals, including the game-winner, as the University of Maine at Farmington beat Thomas College 10-9 in a North Atlantic Conference East Division women's lacrosse game Saturday.
LITCHFIELD -- When Larry Nadeau Jr. rode the bus to school, Sylvia Morrill and Betty Jo Wade were the bus drivers. Now Morrill ferries Nadeau's two daughters to their schools on the bus.
BOSTON (AP) -- Nicklas Backstrom scored 2:56 into the second overtime Saturday to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and tie the first-round playoff series at a game apiece.
Many years ago, Arthur Marx, son of Groucho, was denied access to a Beverly Hills country club pool because, it was stated, he was Jewish. Groucho protested. "My son is only half-Jewish, so can he go in up to his knees?"
All it takes is one little twit. Or a tweet, as the case may be -- not that the two are mutually exclusive.
With Barack Obama and John McCain in the White House, 2009 was a pivotal year in American politics. Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass a jobs bill, close Guantanamo and end the recession.
