CHINA — Town residents and others will gather for three days of events this weekend, beginning with a chicken barbecue on Friday evening, a day of activities for children and adults on Saturday and ending Sunday with a scavenger hunt.
August 2012
Posted inSports
OLYMPICS: Logan, US on lockdown
ETON DORNEY, England — The U.S. women’s eight rowing is hoping silence is golden.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Central Maine to play in title game
WINOOSKI, Vt. — After dropping the first game of the New England 14-year-old Babe Ruth tournament, Central Maine won its fourth straight game Wednesday, defeating Nashua, N.H. 9-2 to advance to the championship game.
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OUTDOORS: Meteor shower should be a sight to behold
We are now halfway through summer and the days are getting shorter by about three minutes per day. Along with the annual Perseid meteor shower, we also will have a daytime occultation of Venus, and a close conjunction of Mars and Saturn that will turn into another quadruple conjunction similar to one we had last month.
Posted inNews
Maine’s Wright Express hurt by lower fuel prices
PORTLAND — Wright Express Corp. reported a 25 percent drop in net income for the second quarter of the year on Wednesday, and warned that lower fuel prices will hurt revenues and profits for the rest of 2012.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Instead of slamming educators, LePage could have praised efforts
Despite the onslaught of state and national criticism about his most recent attack on public schools, Gov. Paul LePage continues to tout his ABC plan for educational improvement, becoming even more aggressive in maligning education leaders in Maine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Romney leaves foreign policy issues hanging
For the past seven days, Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke about American foreign policy and traveled the globe, starting with an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nev., then a trip to Great Britain, Israel and Poland.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
King is not independent; Democrats should vote Dill
Prominent Democrats are supporting Angus King while they turn their backs on the party’s own candidate, Cynthia Dill.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: One cheer for a budget deal
Of all the spinning plates — the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the sequester and more — the one that could have been really disruptive before Election Day was handled successfully Tuesday: John Boehner, Harry Reid and Barack Obama all agreed to a six-month spending bill that continues current levels, pushing off all other decisions on spending until the next Congress.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Forced to buy a product just because we breathe
Rep. Mike Michaud voted yes on PPACA — and he never read the bill.