SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County Extension Homemakers recently announced September meeting. The organization is partners with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Meetings are open to the public.
August 2012
Posted inCommunity
Fairfield food cupboard won’t be open Monday
FAIRFIELD CENTER — The Good Samaritan Food Cupboard, 186 Ohio Hill Road, will not be open Monday as originally scheduled. For more information, call 465-3798.
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Posted inOpinion
RICHARD PARKER: Are we nearing the end of email?
There was a time, say about 1998, when the hit romantic comedy of the same name made its debut, that the phrase was cute. Email was a fast, special way to be connected. AOL’s ringy-dingy reminder was charming. Then email stopped being cute and special because everyone had it. Then it stopped being charming because it never stopped. Now we find ourselves stuck with the most ironic of unintended consequences of the once-efficient email: Its vast inefficiency.
Posted inNews
Masked man robs Camden National Bank in Bingham
A man wearing a surgical mask and sunglasses made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Extending rules for teen drivers makes sense
While newly empowered teenage drivers might think recently increased restrictions on their ability to roam freely around the state’s highways and byways are excessive, there’s a simple and appropriate response: No, they aren’t.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
What kind of custodian would you have been?
A person entrusted with guarding or maintain a property;
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Fairer taxes mean we all can do better together
Sometimes, to hear certain politicians talk, it would seem that taxes are collected on a whim — as if they don’t actually pay for important services that we all rely on. From roads to schools to medical research, taxes are the way we pay for the things we’ve decided to do together.
Posted inNews
Game wardens looking for more order in Summerhaven shooting pits
AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
Posted inNews
Whitefield man gets sentence for drug ring role
A Whitefield man who is one of five defendants charged federally with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Posted inNews, Politics
Romney: I’ll create 12 million new jobs
“I will begin my presidency with a jobs tour. President Obama began his with an apology tour,” Romney says during a rousing, personal speech to the Republican National Convention.