WASHINGTON — Doris Demers, the nutrition program director for York and Kittery schools, had a blunt response Wednesday when asked about proposed guidelines limiting servings of white potatoes as part of the federally funded school lunch program.
October 2011
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Vendors sought for Solon craft fair
SOLON — The Solon Congregational Church’s annual fall/winter craft fair is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 at Solon Elementary School. Space is available to rent for $15, tables are not provided. For more information, call 672-5586 or email [email protected] .
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Public hearings to be held in Madison
MADISON — There will be two public hearings on the proposed natural gas pipeline from Richmond to Madison in preparation of the Nov. 8 ballot question asking voters if they favor the development. The hearings will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and 27 in the Madison Area Junior High School auditorium.
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OUR OPINION: Spouting slogans won’t solve our fiscal woes
As long ago as 1917, acerbic Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken could write, “There is always an easy solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.”
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Railroad Street to close for construction
CLINTON — Traffic on Railroad Street will be affected starting today as work begins to upgrade a railroad crossing and repave a portion of the road.
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CANOEING: Keoka Lake offers perfect fall canoe trip
We paddled mere inches above billiard-table-sized boulders and paused many times to take pictures of the reflections of pyramid-shaped rocks along the shoreline.
Posted inOpinion
ANTHONY RONZIO: In defense of fireworks
On Saturday evenings in summer, over a rise about a half-mile from the house, rockets have been known to whistle skyward and boom kaleidoscope colors for 20 minutes or so. The kids dance in backyard firelight, while the encircled adults relax and watch the show.
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ON HIKING — JOSH CHRISTIE: Leaf peeping season is here
The trickle of cars and buses loaded with leaf peepers will soon become a steady stream. From our rough, rocky coast to mountains and waterfalls farther inland, Maine possesses some of the most stunning foliage spots in the United States.
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Clinton man arrested after police chase
BENTON — A Clinton man faces charges that he stole a car late last week and drove around drunk, crashed, tried to steal another car and then dropped 30 feet from a bridge into the Kennebec River before he was arrested, police said Wednesday.
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OUR OPINION: ‘Pay at the pump’ should never mean this
Consumers already think they pay through the nose for what comes through the hose.