We have no problem with the Occupy Augusta movement, but the Occupiers need to follow the law and get a permit. We need a permit if we want to exercise our constitutional right to bear arms. Or if we want to build our dream house, we need to get a building permit. Peggy and Michael […]
December 2011
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Human Rights Day observed on Saturday
Saturday is United Nations Human Rights Day. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948 by its member nations. This document states that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” and “each person is entitled to these rights regardless of their race, religion, nationality, social origin, sex, politics, […]
Posted inLifestyle
CHRISTMAS EVENTS
Rangeley’s Mountain Holly Days • Breakfast with Santa in Canaan • Holidays in Hallowell
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ON STAGE
“The Birds,” 7 p.m., Jewett Auditorium, University of Maine at Augusta. Performed by students enrolled in two UMA drama courses, the play has been updated in an adaptation written especially for this production by UMA Adjunct Professor of Drama David Greenham. Suitable for families. Non-perishable food items will be collected and donated to the Augusta Food Bank; [email protected].
Posted inSports
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lola leads UMA over CMCC
Monmouth graduate Jenn Lola scored a game-high 26 points to lead the University of Maine at Augusta women’s basketball team to a 65-45 win over Central Maine Community College in a Yankee Small College Conference game Wednesday night in Augusta.
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Police: N.H. fugitive was after ex, new beau
ALFRED — With vengeance on his mind, David Glenn Hobson escaped from a New Hampshire jail by scaling a razor wire fence before heading to Maine, where he eluded search teams for days by hiding in the woods and eliciting help from family and friends, officials said Wednesday.
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Crime forces out another Skowhegan business
SKOWHEGAN — The former owner of Skowvegas Tattoos on Madison Avenue said this week she closed her business last month after thieves nearly cleaned her out in October.
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Small window for Lepage’s Medicaid cuts
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal for state spending cuts that would end Medicaid services for 65,000 Mainers is the type of major change that needs a Republican Legislature if it is to be adopted.
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Belgrade recreation board questions selectpersons about dismissal
BELGRADE — Selectpersons spent more than two hours Tuesday night answering questions from members of the Board of Parks and Recreation about the recent dismissal of the town’s recreation director.