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    April 18, 2011

    Early Earth Day celebration a hit at Unity College

    UNITY -- Jenni Baldino frantically peddled her Big Wheel across the finish line to win the highlight event Saturday at an Earth Day celebration Saturday at Unity College.

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    April 18, 2011

    Lamourelle,Starr

    SOLON -- Mike and Diane Starr of Solon have announced the engagement of their son, Kodiak Hougen Starr of Washington, D.C. to Gabrielle Lamourelle, also of Washington, D.C., daughter of Alain and Dr. Regina Lamourelle of Mission Viejo, Calif.

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    April 18, 2011

    ‘Lead by good example and sacrifice with humility’

    In my opinion, the Aroostook County Republican Committee, has made a very questionable decision in advocating for a fundraiser to pay for a misjudgment by our governor when so many working Mainers are without livable-wage jobs, adequate food, safe, warm housing and health insurance. If these people have discretionary funds that they can donate to […]

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    April 18, 2011

    Wind power speculators an ‘invasive species’

    There’s a noxious, invasive species spreading through the state called wind power speculators. And they’re ready to quickly spread to any hilltop that can gather the necessary local, state and federal subsidies. They’ve been spotted in many Upper Kennebec Valley communities, where they threaten the local population’s peace and their precarious lifestyles. If you spot […]

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    April 18, 2011

    Isn’t it stealing when person takes something not his?

    If a person takes, or even instigates the taking of, something that doesn’t belong to him or her, from a building that does not belong to them, is that not stealing? Aren’t thieves arrested and jailed anymore? Just wondering. Gloria S. Brann Skowhegan

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    April 18, 2011

    People leave when promised benefits taken away

    More and more cuts to state employees? When does it end? I am a state employee with almost 11 years of diligent service and I am the primary breadwinner in my family. I know I don’t have to make legislators aware of the terrible economy, the increase in gas prices or skyrocketing food prices. What […]

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    April 18, 2011

    Abbott,Pinkham

    HINCKLEY -- Sara M. Abbott and Ryan J. Pinkham were married January 1, 2011, at Moody Chapel in Hinckley.

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    April 18, 2011

    Where can restitution money come from?

    Time after time, stories about criminal sentencing tell us that the people who are convicted must pay restitution as part of their sentence. In many cases, we’re talking about people who either weren’t making an honest living to begin with, or were making so little they couldn’t make ends meet. Where are they expected to […]

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    April 18, 2011

    Wixon,Morgan

    NORTHEAST HARBOR -- Kathryn Wixon and Joshua Morgan were married June 26, 2010, on the coast in Northeast Harbor.

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    April 18, 2011

    Larrabee,Golden

    AUGUSTA -- Debra Larrabee and Andrew Golden were married Dec. 18, 2010, at the Augusta Civic Center, in Augusta.