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Maine, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 1999
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications Fall 1999 Maine, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 1999 University of Maine General Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation University of Maine General Alumni Association, "Maine, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 1999" (1999). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 390. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/390 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. (jiving ... and Receiving (( jwant to encourage others to 1 look at charitable giving as an estate planning option. A charitable remainder trust is an excellent way to give and a good way to receive income from existing assets.” -Dr. Robert D. Buchanan ‘44 Dr Robert D Buchanan ‘44 and his wife Pearlee Buchanan at Reunion ‘99 r. Robert D. Buchanan ‘44 has arrangement that provides a lifetime always been grateful for the income and, upon his death, creates a Deducation he received at the Universityscholarship fund. of Maine. He wants to make certain that In addition to providing a generous future generations of students have the lifetime income, the charitable remainder educational opportunities that he had. unitrust helped Dr. Buchanan remove With help from his financial advisor, assets from his estate, avoid capital gains Dr. Buchanan established a charitable taxes and receive an income tax remainder unitrust with appreciated charitable deduction based on the present assets. -
Maine Policy Review Maine's Public Reserved Lands
Maine Policy Review Volume 29 Issue 2 Maine's Bicentennial 2020 Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery Richard Barringer [email protected] Lee Schepps [email protected] Thomas Urquhart [email protected] Martin Wilk [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr Part of the Environmental Policy Commons, Political History Commons, and the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration Commons Recommended Citation Barringer, Richard, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, and Martin Wilk. "Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery." Maine Policy Review 29.2 (2020) : 65 -79, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol29/iss2/9. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. PUBLIC RESERVED LANDS Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery by Richard Barringer, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, and Martin Wilk Pending the arrival of settlers, the Abstract only realizable value from the public The story of Maine’s public reserved lands—or public lots—is worth the telling domain was its standing timber. Even for its own sake and for its enduring lessons. Provided for in the Maine Consti- before Maine statehood, authorities real- tution of 1820 and neglected for more than a century, the public lots were once ized there were no practical means of scattered widely across the Unorganized Territory of northern, western, and protecting the public domain lands, eastern Maine. Today, they are restored to public use and benefit, reassembled including the public lots, from timber into large blocks of land that, in aggregate, are more than twice the size of Baxter trespass or theft.3 Over the first 30 years of State Park. -
Maine Law Review Digital Court Records Access
Maine Law Review Volume 72 Number 1 Article 4 January 2020 Digital Court Records Access: Social Justice and Judicial Balancing Peter J. Guffin University of Maine School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr Part of the Civil Procedure Commons, Courts Commons, Criminal Procedure Commons, and the Legislation Commons Recommended Citation Peter J. Guffin, Digital Court Records Access: Social Justice and Judicial Balancing, 72 Me. L. Rev. 87 (2020). Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol72/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DIGITAL COURT RECORDS ACCESS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND JUDICIAL BALANCING: WHAT JUDGE COFFIN CAN TEACH US Peter J. Guffin* ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION I. FRAMING THE ISSUE II. WHY JUDGE COFFIN? III. JUDICIAL BALANCING IV. BRINGING JUDGE COFFIN INTO THE CONVERSATION A. Setting the Stage B. Identification of the Issue C. Interest Analysis D. “Public” Information E. Access to Court Records; Practical Obscurity F. Assembling Factual Account F. Incrementalism and Workability G. Epilogue CONCLUSION * Partner at Pierce Atwood LLP; Visiting Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Information Privacy Law Program at the University of Maine School of Law. I want to express my appreciation to Laura M. O’Hanlon for her invaluable support, intellectual encouragement, and research and editorial assistance. -
How Trump Could Help Decide Who Wins Control of the Maine Senate
Page 1 1 of 76 DOCUMENTS Bangor Daily News (Maine) September 25, 2018 Tuesday How Trump could help decide who wins control of the Maine Senate BYLINE: Michael Shepherd BDN Staff LENGTH: 1492 words Good morning from Augusta, where new sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump's Su- preme Court nominee and confusion about the job status of the deputy attorney general got us thinking about where the president is most and least popular in Maine. We sorted the results of the 2016 presidential election between Trump, a Republican, and Democrat Hillary Clinton by Maine Senate district. It reveals some parallels to national polling showing that under Trump, Re- publicans are increasingly struggling in suburban areas that they have held in the past. Maine is lukewarm on Trump as a whole. A recent poll from Suffolk University found a 41 percent approval rating for the president here, which effectively matched past polls from Morning Consult that put the state near the middle of the pack nationally on Trump. The subtle divisions in his approval could be a key factor in elections here. Some of the most interesting ones come when thinking about control of the Maine Senate, which is controlled by Republicans who hold just a 18-17 lead on Democrats. The smallest switch could flip it. There are eight districts where Trump won a majority of votes. The one where he was most popular is held by a Democrat. Trump, who won the 2nd Congressional District but lost Maine at large to Clinton, only won majorities in eight of Maine's 35 Senate districts. -
When the Court Speaks: Effective Communication As a Part of Judging
Maine Law Review Volume 57 Number 2 Symposium: Reflections from the Article 5 Bench June 2005 When the Court Speaks: Effective Communication As a Part of Judging Daniel E. Wathen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr Part of the Courts Commons, Judges Commons, and the Jurisprudence Commons Recommended Citation Daniel E. Wathen, When the Court Speaks: Effective Communication As a Part of Judging, 57 Me. L. Rev. 449 (2005). Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol57/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WHEN THE COURT SPEAKS: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A PART OF JUIDGING Honorable Daniel E. Wathen 1. INTRODUCTION II. THE TRIAL BENCH III. THE APPELLATE BENCH IV. THE BULLY PULPIT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE V. COURTS AND THE MEDIA VI. CONCLUSION 450 MAINE LAW REVIEW [Vol. 57:2 WHEN THE COURT SPEAKS: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A PART OF JUDGING Honorable Daniel E. Wathen* I. INTRODUCTION ODE To My RoBE When life was real and bright and gay - And youth's high lights were shining - I would not wear a rig like this - E'en when unwisely dining. But age draws near. The time has come When life's sun settles slowly down; I choose then for my robe-de-nuit. The judge's corded, silken gown. -
Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2010
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All University of Maine Alumni Magazines Summer 2010 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2010 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. All-American Miler Riley Masters ’12 Smashes the UMaine Record Books Beyond Belt Tightening Responding to the University’s Budget Crunch Guardsman Supreme Major General John “Bill” Libby ’66 Innovation fort he Greater Good Wireless Technology Guru Ashok Jhunjhunwala ’77G, ’79 Ph.D Charitable Remainder Trusts rofessor Emeritus Dick Hill recognizes a good idea when he sees one. Back in 1989, he and his late wife Libby were Pwondering what to do with a mutual fund account and looking for a way to help their grandchildren with their college educations. Their attorney suggested that they consider a charitable trust. Dick and Libby placed the account in a charitable remainder trust with a 20 year term and were able to take an immediate income tax charitable deduction. During those 20 years, the trust income helped all seven of their grandchildren to pay for their college educations. They attended schools all over the country to study to be a physician’s assistant, a medical doctor, a physical therapist, a teacher, and an engineer. -
2005 Archive of Governor Baldacci╎s Press
Maine State Library Digital Maine Governor's Documents Governor 2005 2005 Archive of Governor Baldacci’s Press Releases Office of veGo rnor John E. Baldacci Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalmaine.com/ogvn_docs Recommended Citation Office of Governor John E. Baldacci, "2005 Archive of Governor Baldacci’s Press Releases" (2005). Governor's Documents. 16. https://digitalmaine.com/ogvn_docs/16 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Governor at Digital Maine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Governor's Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Maine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2005 Archive of Governor Baldacci’s Press Releases Compiled by the Maine State Library for the StateDocs Digital Archive with the goal of preserving public access and ensuring transparency in government. 2005 Archive of Governor Baldacci’s Press Releases Table of Contents Governor Directs State Flag to be Flown at Half-Staff .................................................................................. 7 DirigoChoice Coverage Celebrated by Maine Businesses ............................................................................. 8 Governor Introduces Budget ........................................................................................................................ 9 Governor’s Office Releases MaineCare Fact Book ...................................................................................... 11 Governor Introduces Primary Seat Belt Proposal ...................................................................................... -
Kennebec Current Discovering, Preserving, and Disseminating Kennebec County History Since 1891
Kennebec Current Discovering, preserving, and disseminating Kennebec County history since 1891 Volume 31 Issue 1 KENNEBEC HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER January–February 2021 County Commissioners Decide Unanimously to Move Fuller Statue he Kennebec County Commissioners voted 3-0 on February 16 to remove a statue of controversial U.S. Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller from the front lawn of the Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta. T Chairwoman Patsy Crockett, of Augusta, and Commissioners Nancy Rines, of Gardiner, and George Jabar, of Waterville, all supported the proposal, which originated with a request from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Fuller (1833-1910), an Augusta native who was admitted to the bar in Kennebec County, was chief justice from 1888 until his death at his summer home in Sorrento, Maine. He sided with the majority of the U.S. Supreme Court when it voted 7-1 to uphold institutionalized Southern racial segregation in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which set a template for repression of The Melville Fuller statue will be moved off Black Americans for the next six decades. The court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of the Kennebec County Courthouse lawn. Education ruling overturned Plessy and resulted in the eventual integration of Photo by Joseph Owen races in public facilities. Kennebec County Administrator Robert Devlin said the county has received dozens of letters from people advocating the statue’s removal. Crockett said others have expressed similar opinions by email, Facebook messages, and phone calls. The commissioners, meeting remotely via Zoom videoconference, did not decide where the statue would go or when it would be moved. -
Maine Law Magazine Law School Publications
University of Maine School of Law University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons Maine Law Magazine Law School Publications Fall 2006 Maine Law Magazine - Issue No. 85 University of Maine School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/maine-law-magazine Part of the Law Commons This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Publications at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Magazine by an authorized administrator of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ALUMNI/AE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW What the Maine Law Community is Doing to Address Domestic Violence See inside for 2005–2006 left to right: associate professor Annual deborah tuerkheimer; attorney general steven rowe ’87; cumberland legal aid Philanthropy clinic director deirdre smith ’94 Report a place of great opportunity ISSUE NO. 85 FALL 2006 PORTLAND, MAINE FROM THE PRESIDENT SINCE GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY MAINE LAW of Maine School of Law, I have found myself curiously MAGAZINE unable to say ‘no’ when it comes to the requests of the University of Maine Law Alumni Association. That I have agreed to give of my time and money is a bit of a mystery editor: to me. After all, there is a limit as to how generous we elizabeth raffaele can be with our time, energy and money. I am unable to say ‘no’ because of the students, professors and administrators I knew and continue to know from my designer: years in Law School; the lawyers I know and have toni-marie keith, worked with who preceded me at the Law School or who purple crayon design graduated after me; and the lawyers I will work with in the future, who will graduate from the Law School in the contributing writers: years to come. -
Maine's Public Reserved Lands: a Tale of Loss and Recovery
Maine Policy Review Volume 29 Issue 2 Maine's Bicentennial 2020 Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery Richard Barringer [email protected] Lee Schepps [email protected] Thomas Urquhart [email protected] Martin Wilk [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr Part of the Environmental Policy Commons, Political History Commons, and the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration Commons Recommended Citation Barringer, Richard, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, and Martin Wilk. "Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery." Maine Policy Review 29.2 (2020) : 65 -79, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol29/iss2/9. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. PUBLIC RESERVED LANDS Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery by Richard Barringer, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, and Martin Wilk Pending the arrival of settlers, the Abstract only realizable value from the public The story of Maine’s public reserved lands—or public lots—is worth the telling domain was its standing timber. Even for its own sake and for its enduring lessons. Provided for in the Maine Consti- before Maine statehood, authorities real- tution of 1820 and neglected for more than a century, the public lots were once ized there were no practical means of scattered widely across the Unorganized Territory of northern, western, and protecting the public domain lands, eastern Maine. Today, they are restored to public use and benefit, reassembled including the public lots, from timber into large blocks of land that, in aggregate, are more than twice the size of Baxter trespass or theft.3 Over the first 30 years of State Park. -
Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 1, Winter 2010
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All University of Maine Alumni Magazines Winter 2010 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 1, Winter 2010 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Winter 2010 Patriots free safety Brandon McGowan ’05 Moving Forward Black Through Tough Times A New UM System Plan is n the Limited by Political Realities A Stimulus for Offshore Wind Enemy Alumni ■ Give and Receive. .. Do Both with a Life Income Plan Perhas you pwould tolike support your University of Maine department or program Amos E. Orcutt, President/CEO and also supplement your retirement plan or provide a predictable income stream to a dependent. Life income plans can help you support the University of Maine and focus on retirement planning issues. A life income plan may enable you to make a major gift for the future of the University of Maine. Thus, you can support a particular program, leave your own legacy, and help make a difference for future students and faculty. The concept of a life income plan is quite simple. You make an irrevocable gift now with cash or appreciated property, such as stocks or bonds, and you receive income from the gift for life. -
December 05, 2008
# u n i v e r s i t y o f m a i n e a t p r e s q u e i s l e December 5, 2008 $ issue 2008.12 University signs contract for wind turbine Officials from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and energy needs, significantly reduce our energy costs, and Lumus Construction, Inc. have signed a $2 million contract help us to leave a much small carbon footprint,” President for the installation of a 600 Don Zillman said. kW wind turbine at the “This is the most sig - southern end of campus. nificant renewable They held a press confer - energy project we, ence on MoM nday, Nov. 24 to as a campus, have participate in a formal sign - ever undertaken, ing ceremony and and we are both announce the details of proud and humbled their project, which estab - to be stepping for - lishes UMPI as the first uni - ward as a statewide versity in the State of Maine leader in the utiliza - and one of only a handful in tion of wind as a New England to install a renewable energy mid-size wind turbine. University and Lumus Construction, Inc. officials held a press conference on Nov. 24 resource.” The turbine will produce to announce the details of their $2 million wind turbine project. Construction about 1 million kilowatt- work on the project hours of electricity per year and is expected to save the insti - began on Nov. 19. Sumul Shah, President of Lumus tution more than $100,000 annually in electricity charges.