PITTSFIELD — Children ages infant through 6 can hear stories and songs about dreams at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in the children’s area at Pittsfield Public Library. Children ages 8-12 can learn the legend of the dreamcatcher 3 p.m. Thursday in the Warren Community Room. Participants can create a dreamcatcher to bring home.
July 2012
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Dog Daze of Summer set in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — United Way of Mid-Maine will host the Dog Daze of Summer community appreciation event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at Coburn Park. The event is free and open to all. Cold drinks, hot dogs and watermelon will be provided. Participants can compete in Wiffle ball and Frisbee. Attendees are encouraged to grab a leash and bring their pets.
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BPA awareness barbecue Wednesday
WATERVILLE — A group of Waterville-area parents will gather at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the North Street Playground to grill food and discuss a current campaign to phase out toxic BPA from baby and toddler food containers sold in Maine. The group, Mainely Moms and Dads, will team up with the Environmental Health Strategy Center to distribute information about the BPA campaign to local residents. Candidates running for State Senate and the House of Representatives will also be invited to discuss the BPA issue.
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PechaKucha Night to be held Friday
WATERVILLE — PechaKucha Night Waterville volume 8 is scheduled for Friday at the Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing; presentations will begin at 7:20 p.m.
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Skowhegan Falls guided tours offered
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center will offer guided walking tours of historic Skowhegan Falls at 10 a.m. Aug. 8 and 7 p.m. July 26 and Aug. 23. Cost is $5; to pre-register, call 474-6632.
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COMMENTARY: Natural-gas cars can drive US to better economy
Armenia is not generally known as a world leader, but it holds at least one record: Seventy-five percent of its cars and trucks run on natural gas.
Posted inSports
ROAD RACE NOTEBOOK: Race benefits track
The last event on the track at Winslow High School will have nothing to do with the high school. And it comes only a day before the track will be torn up.
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M.D. HARMON: Health care system needs systemic overhaul, not just tweaks
Last week, we looked at some (but only some) of the problems associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as “Obamacare.”
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We already pay for those without insurance
In regard to the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act: The so-called “penalty” for not having health insurance can be called whatever you want to call it. The fact of the matter is that now we are paying a “tax” or “fine” or “premium” for the thousands of people without insurance coverage […]
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STEVE SOLLOWAY: Bringing a track back to life
WISCASSET — Richard and Vanessa Jordan left their home in Kingfield and came early, maybe 90 minutes before the foreclosure auction that would decide the fate of Wiscasset Raceway. They walked through knee-high grass. They noticed the sagging and sun-bleached red, white and blue wooden planks in the empty bleachers.