BENTON — After months of debate, the school board is scheduled tonight to decide whether Benton Elementary School should be renamed after hometown Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Brian L. Buker.
April 2011
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Wind foes win one
BANGOR — Opponents of a commercial wind energy development project in Highland Plantation were delighted Wednesday after state regulators decided they will review the proposed wind farm under tougher scenic standards.
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Another idea for name of Benton Elementary School
Brian Buker was my husband’s cousin. My husband also received a Purple Heart in Vietnam. Obviously, I would like to see Benton Elementary renamed in Brian’s honor. Since so many people seem to be against it, however, I would like to offer what I think is the perfect solution. The school could be renamed the […]
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Fiat returns after 27 years
PORTLAND — For the first time in 27 years, you can buy a new Fiat in the United States.
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Mt. Blue career center touted as regional model
FARMINGTON — The $64 million Mt. Blue Learning Campus under construction in Farmington may be the new model for high schools across New England, according to a regional educational conference official.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Administrators also to blame for schools’ failure
Who else to blame for a school’s failing status? This letter is in response to Mark Pantermoller’s letter, which was published on March 21. As an educator for 10 years, I feel he grossly ignored the one key group with the most power and privilege: administrators. It doesn’t take an eighth-grade education to know that […]
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SIDELINES: Story led Gardiner’s golden age
We are all, at some point, destined to become distant memories, if we’re remembered at all.
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8th-grader’s insight into children who don’t learn
This letter is a response to Mark Pantermoller’s letter (March 21) regarding who’s to blame when children don’t learn. Being an eighth-grade student in Lawrence Junior High School, I have the firsthand experience to answer this question. I have not met a teacher who could be entirely blamed for the failing of his or her […]
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OUR OPINION: One-house Legislature not such a good idea
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they divided the legislative branch into two houses: a Senate with two members chosen by each state’s legislature and a House apportioned by population and elected by the people.