SKOWHEGAN — Variety Drug in downtown Skowhegan will collect food items and cash donations for the Skowhegan Food Cupboard Oct. 1 through Oct. 31.
September 2012
Fryeburg Fair bus trip planned in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Parks and Recreation Department will travel motor coach to the Fryeburg Fair Tuesday, Oct. 2. Participants can see exhibits, daily stage shows, livestock shows and more. The trip will take place rain or shine. Space is limited.
SOMERSET COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed from July 11, 2012, to Aug. 3, 2012, in Somerset Superior Court.
MAINE COMPASS: When the unthinkable happens
“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.”
Athens school withdrawal plan goes to board
ATHENS — The town is taking another step toward pulling out of the local school district and preserving its small pre-kindergarten-through-grade eight school.
MAINE COMPASS: Manley Damren and his beautiful orchard
Some people have a favorite beach, or a favorite store at the mall, or a favorite vacation spot. I have a favorite orchard.
J.P. Devine: Chickens back on the table
My passion for the eatable feathered friends goes back to my early childhood. We had a big house on the corner across from the convent, where the landscaping nuns, yes there is such an order of sorts, raised not just chickens but rara avis of many colors.
M.D. HARMON: Summers’ denial of climate change a gaffe of the purest order
“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth …”
MAINE COMPASS: Tipping strikes out with column about health insurance law
On Sept. 18, Mike Tipping’s column, “Republicans said rates would fall with insurance law — didn’t happen,” lashed out at Public Law 90, the health insurance overhaul that passed the Legislature last year.
Marriage is about love, sharing, commitment
As a 61-year-old married man, a father and grandfather, I must speak out on the issue of same-sex marriage.