SKOWHEGAN — Heritage preservation assessors found some really cool stuff during a recent study of the Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center.
June 2012
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Little girl steals the show at Moose Calling Championship
OQUOSSOC — Six competitors in the first World Championship Moose Calling Invitational did their best moose impressions for more than 700 people who crammed inside a hangar at Oquossoc Marine on Saturday.
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Public gets chance to comment on Waterville police station plan next week
WATERVILLE — The public will get a chance to comment next week on a proposal to build a new police station at Head of Falls when the Planning Board reviews the project.
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Contractors now build superefficient homes
WELLS — Buyers these days expect hardwood floors, granite counters and oversized windows in an architecturally designed house, and the model home in the new Brackett Estates subdivision doesn’t disappoint.
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Hard to get rid of a tradition
BELGRADE — Knowing the potential dangers of delivering mail on Great Pond by boat has saved Norman Shaw a lot of grief.
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Turnpike tolls can confuse
Maine Turnpike Authority staff and board members got plenty of feedback last week, nearly all of it negative, during a trio of public hearings on proposed toll increases.
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Celebrating season’s bounty
AUGUSTA — The winters in Sweden are long and dark, and the summer sun is fairly short-lived, conditions which many Mainers might say describes those two seasons pretty well here, too.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Pleased that Crockett running for Legislature
I am extraordinarily pleased to learn that Patsy Crockett is again running for the Legislature. She represented us well when she previously served in the House of Representatives, always taking time to talk with constituents and learn about the issues they face in their lives. Crockett is a lifelong resident of Augusta who has made […]
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Stupid that Augusta can’t fund Bicentennial Park
I think it’s stupid, disgusting and disgraceful Augusta can’t find $40,000 to fund the Bicentennial Park swim area. Wasn’t that what all the massive mall overdevelopments here a few years ago were for? You know — tax revenue, so we could throw a recreational bone to the citizens of Augusta? There have been good things […]
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Augusta finds money for sports, but not for park
It’s a shame that the city of Augusta is as skewed in giving sports a priority, as is most of the country these days. Plenty of funding can be found to update a sports venue, but none for a nature area such as Bicentennial Park. Not everyone can participate in games, but perhaps they could […]