Rob Gardiner, head of Maine Public Broadcasting since 1992, announced his resignation Thursday. Mr. Gardiner says he has no immediate plans other than to spend more time with his family…

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Sally Sutton, head of the Maine Civil Liberties Union since 1984, announced her resignation Monday and plans to spend more time with her family…

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John Ripley, Gov. King’s communications director since last year, announced his resignation in early November so he could spend more time with his family…

Heather Blease, the shining star of Maine’s high-tech economy until her company, EnvisioNet, went bankrupt last spring, announced in September she would not be joining the new management team, preferring to spend more time with her family…

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Rick Bennett, state senator, announced in July he was withdrawing from the race for Congress in order to spend more time with his family…

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Robert Frost, poet, announced in “The Death of the Hired Man” that home is the place where, when you have to go there…