FARMINGTON — The Franklin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary recently presented the FMH volunteer department with a hospitality cart to be used by volunteers to deliver donated items to patients and family members in the oncology department.
March 2012
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MADISON PIPELINE VOTE TUESDAY
MADISON — A private company is closer to securing the financing for a natural gas pipeline through central Maine as it solidifies its ties with a Colorado firm that has experience building the underground lines.
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Couture named to dean’s list in Texas
IRVING, Texas — Mary Couture, of Sidney, was recently named to the 2011 fall semester dean’s list at University of Dallas. Couture is a junior majoring in English.
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Pittsfield library plans St. Patrick’s Day event
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield Public Library visitors recently paid tribute to Dr. Seuss on his birthday. Participants celebrated with art and stories, and sang “Happy Birthday” before enjoying a “Red Fish Blue Fish”-themed birthday cake donated by Bud’s Shop ‘n’ Save for the occasion.
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Teens To Trails grants given to 11 high school outing clubs
EDGECOMB — Teens To Trails recently announced this year’s Outing Club grant recipients from 11 high schools across the state, including four new teen Outing Club programs. Grant awards were made to: Biddeford High School, Cony High School, Deer Isle-Stonington High School, Deering High School, Dirigo High School, Maine Central Institute, Maine School of Science and Mathematics, Portland High School, South Portland High School, The New School and Thornton Academy.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
More production doesn’t need to increase pollution
No matter how you spin it, it’s not a good thing that Maine’s pulp and paper mills are spewing more toxic chemicals into our air, water and land. The Feb. 25 article, “Some Label Toxin Spike as Positive” missed the mark on the federal government’s Toxic Release Inventory and what it means for Maine. Maine […]
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Republicans want to prod Obama into Iranian war
Once again, rabid politicians and media pundits spew a steady stream of propaganda designed to con Americans into supporting yet another needless war. The idea that Iran would ever attack either Israel or the United States with nuclear weapons is nonsense. Iran knows it would be destroyed in retaliation. Any pre-emptive attack on Iran by […]
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Program lengthens road time for buses
OAKLAND — Any day now, Regional School Unit 18’s transportation director will welcome home a middle-aged school bus, fresh from a makeover and ready for another several years and tens of thousands of miles on the road.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: When allies pull the trigger, it’s time to pull out
The Pentagon reported on March 2 that five U.S. military personnel have been found responsible for the inadvertent burning of Qurans at a prison in Afghanistan last month that prompted a week of rioting and violence in that country.