SIDNEY — A lot of farmers wouldn’t let children roam their animals’ pens and run with them in their pastures.
July 2012
Posted inCommunity
Pittsfield announces events, winners
PITTSFIELD — Children up to five years old can explore the night sky during story time at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Pittsfield Public Library. Book Buddies for ages six-12 will meet for buddy reading and activities from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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MCI student earns chamber scholarship
PALMYRA — Paula Arias recently received the Sebasticook Valley Chamber Scholarship. Arias plans to attend Union University in Jackson, Tenn. to major in education mathematics. She was selected from 49 applicants for the annual $1,000 scholarship awarded to a Sebasticook Valley student attending MCI, Nokomis, Dexter Regional, Central or Bangor Christian.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Reduce prison sentences for nonviolent crimes
Jails and prisons are there for a reason: to keep the public safe, to deter crime, bring a sense of justice and responsibility, and, hopefully, reform offenders.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Give thanks for Woody Guthrie on his 100th
The red, white and blue Google Doodle on the Fourth of July didn’t honor a traditional American patriot.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Pay system for reserves, Guard needs change
“Citizen soldiers” in the National Guard and ready Reserve are critical to our security.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Whatever Olay is, it may be salvation of women
A few years ago, I was impressed with the amount of advertising for Oil of Olay that appeared on television, claiming to make women beautiful. I had never heard of Olay and wrote a letter to the editor what Olay was that supplied all that oil. I received no answer, but the ads stopped. Now […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Even Vigue doesn’t know what future will bring
I keep thinking back to Peter Vigue’s public address in Dover-Foxcroft on May 31. The most telling moment for me was his response when asked about his proposed east-west highway’s official tagline: Transportation-Utility-Communications. Several times, he said his company, Cianbro, has no intention to have a gas line or cable run along the highway. When […]
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Don’t underestimate Kennebec Atlantic salmons’ drive to return
In mid-July, five adult Atlantic salmon were live-trapped at Waterville’s Lockwood Dam, the first of four Kennebec River dams blocking the upstream passage of salmon, alewives and other sea-run fish.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Drastic measures needed to stop climate change
Our atmosphere and climate have undergone drastic changes, both in the past and present, because of incremental changes caused by living things. The first such change occurred 3 billion years ago, when our atmosphere was about 20 percent carbon dioxide and had essentially no free oxygen. The temperature of the earth was in the right […]