BINGHAM — The Easter Bunny will visit Owens Street in Bingham for an Easter Egg Hunt at Somerset Rehabilitation and Living Center. The event, sponsored by the Hospitality Committee, will begin at 11 a.m. April 23. There will be three age groups: 3-4 year-olds, 5-6 year-olds and 7-8 year-olds. Children need to be accompanied by an adult and are encouraged to bring a basket for eggs they find. Prizes will be awarded in each age group to those who find the most eggs.
April 2011
Posted inNews
Most opposing bottle bill change by Legislature
AUGUSTA — Dozens of people showed up Friday to comment on a half-dozen bills that seek to weaken the state’s 33-year-old bottle redemption law.
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AMY CALDER: There’ll always be books
Whenever I watch someone turning the pages of a book, I remember the particularly delicious feeling I got as a child, watching my older siblings read.
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MLB: Gonzalez signs 7-year extension
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez on a new contract that will pay him $154 million over seven years from 2012 through 2018.
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Boston Marathon a highlight for many
It takes so long to properly train for the Boston Marathon, that when you finally run it, it’s almost anticlimactic, right?
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Skowhegan selectmen approve alternative cap
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen this week voted to use spending recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee as a cap on articles at the annual town meeting, but only if those figures are higher than recommendations made by the Board of Selectmen.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: GOP senators’ op-ed column sounds like early campaigning
Since reading the op-ed piece written by state Sens. Roger Katz and Brian Langley, and signed by six other senators, I have been trying to discern what they mean by the expression, “government by disrespect.”
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‘Community Table’benefit concert May 7
STRONG — Two bands, Greater Purpose and Backyard Bluegrass Band, have teamed up to give a performance to benefit The Community Table at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Forester Memorial Building.
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SAD 59 trimming budget in district
MADISON — A music teacher, media specialist, technology employee and education technician would lose their jobs next year under the proposed 2011-12 school district budget.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Removal of murals drove wedge between LePage, many Mainers
Sen. Roger Katz and a number of other Republicans have expressed dismay over Gov. Paul LePage’s behavior — and rightfully so.