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Contributing Writer Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Matt and Libby Mitchell stand next to their restored barn Tuesday morning as the sun rises in the east. The barn was moved from a nearby farm one year ago and the couple have now completed the exterior work. They’ll start on the interior in the spring. DUNCOMBE — When the first rays of the morning’s sunshine strike the east side of Matt and Libby Mitchell’s barn, they stream through the frost formation on the windows, casting orange sp...

DUNCOMBE — When the first rays of the morning’s sunshine strike the east side of Matt and Libby Mitchell’s barn, they stream through the frost formatio

The Maine Idea: Case against fuller still not proven By Douglas RooksThe Maine Idea Share The fate of Melville Fuller – or at least the statue representing him near the Kennebec County courthouse – will remain undecided at year’s end. Despite some fiery testimony at a Dec. 1 online hearing, the Kennebec County Commissioners appear in no hurry to decide the request that the Fuller statue be relocated, initiated by Acting Chief Justice Andrew Mead on behalf of the Maine judiciary. One can ...

Douglas Rooks: Case against Melville Fuller still not proven The record of the only Mainer to serve as U.S. chief justice is not as clear as some believe. By Douglas Rooks Share The fate of Melville Fuller — or at least the statue representing him near the Kennebec County courthouse — will remain undecided at year’s end. Despite some fiery testimony at a Dec. 1 online hearing, the Kennebec County Commissioners appear in no hurry to decide the request that the Fuller statue be relocated,...

Kind of programs we should be cutting right now. >> well its interesting. right now im hopeful there will be a backlash, that head start is a program that should not be cut. in the next couple of weeks, the maine state legislature, controlled by republicans, will be making that decision. im hopeful they wont, but the fear is that they will make that decision. a couple of years ago when i was in the legislature, the then senate president libby mitchell to make state funding to go to public school...

the week, towards a real nanny state. there are two big differences between last mothers day and this one. one political, the other personal. the political difference is not only does this mothers day take place during an election year, it hits a few weeks after motherhood, the value of mothers and womens work more broadly were at the center of a news cycle. hoping to revive this theme ann romney wrote an op-ed called three seasons of motherhood. it extolls the crown of glory that all ...

the mother of my child. so much about the birth of ones first child is vivid and indelible. almost as if it happened in another country you briefly visited and might go back to. theres one moment that stuck with me that i think about a lot in the context of our national political conversation about mothers and children and social opportunity and hard work. its the terrifying surreal moment when you leave the hospital. crossing the threshold into the fresh air, bearing this tiny creatur...

>> i think we ought to work across the aisle in a bipartisan fashion on preserving and protecting social security, its a huge issue. secondly, i think we should change the debate on health partisan health care bill that was passed last year, no discussions with republicans until after the election in massachusetts, and have a bipartisan agreement on reforming health care. environmental reform is the same way. no discussions with republicans over the last 12 months on environmental refo...