MADISON — The school district is eyeing a geothermal heating and cooling system for the high school in an effort to reduce energy costs and improve air quality.
March 2012
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Children in need at Messalonskee get a helping hand
OAKLAND –For homeless students at Messalonskee high and middle schools, blessings arrive as tubes of toothpaste, bottles of water, pudding cups and peanut butter crackers tucked inside a backpack.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Putin is back — even though he never really left
The natural reaction to Vladimir Putin’s recent election as president of Russia would be, “He’s back” — but for the fact that he never actually gave up the presidency, even though he deeded the position four years ago to Dmitry Medvedev.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Why are we still in Afghanistan?
That’s how centuries of warriors and politicians have described what’s currently known as Afghanistan.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Trial of ‘Augusta Nine’ a colossal waste of money
A trial will take place soon in Kennebec Superior Court. It bothers me that it’s happening at all. I’m most distressed about how our government chose to deal with sincere and peaceful demonstrators who maintained a vigil to object to a political environment that holds corporate well-being above individual well-being. A small group of so-called […]
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Freedom of speech lets me say homosexuality is a sin
First of all, I want to declare my right of freedom of speech. That is my right under the Constitution. I respect homosexuals and gay persons to theirs. I read an article about gay marriage in Maine and how it should be voted on by the people of Maine. I am a heterosexual and believe […]
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DHHS commissioner needs time, support
The Department of Health and Human Services, formerly the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, previously the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, aka the Department of Mental Health and Corrections has been under fire recently, Commissioner Mary Mayhew in particular. Even the multiple reorganizations and name changes reflect the complexity of the issues […]
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WRESTLING: High school, middle school girls wrestle with perception
Tammy Cushman and Emily Levasseur aren’t picky about their wrestling opponents. Boys, girls — it makes little difference. In a sport dominated by males, it’s rare that they face an opponent of the same gender, though. Levasseur, who wrestles for Monmouth Middle School, has faced just one girl in 12 matches this spring while Cushman rarely wrestled girls in her four years at Monmouth Academy.
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Final hearing set for new I-95 exit
AUGUSTA — At a final public hearing about the proposed $11 million modification of Interstate 95’s exit 113 and upgrading of part of Old Belgrade Road, attendees will see few changes from the draft proposal shown in October.
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Heavy truck ban in place
PORTLAND — Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring.