WATERVILLE — A Thomas College representative will visit Rangeley Lakes Regional School at 9:30 a.m. and Mount Abram Regional High School in Salem Township at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19.
October 2012
Surgical weight-loss information available
WATERVILLE — A surgical weight-loss information session is set for 1-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the Medical Arts Conference Room, Inland Hospital.
Absentee ballots available in Rome
ROME — The town of Rome now has absentee ballots available at the Town Office. Hours are 2-6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Democrat David Pearson and GOP Raymond Wallace vie for House District 24 seat
A Democrat opposed to an east-west highway in northern Maine and an incumbent Republican who wants more information about the project’s impact are competing for a state Legislative seat to represent an area that includes Athens and Harmony.
Athens’ Linkletter is forest award winner
AUGUSTA — Athens business owner Robert Linkletter was recently honored for his stewardship of Maine’s working forests.
NFL: Welker once again the man in Patriots’ offense
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — So much for Wes Welker’s disappearing act.
BOOKS: Follett’s war saga engages, educates
It’s hard not to like a Ken Follett book. Even when you find flaws, they are overshadowed by a sense of engagement and even education.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Offensive line makes Winslow click
WINSLOW — Every time one of the Winslow High School running backs breaks into the second level of the defense and uses a burst of speed for a big gain — and it happens a lot — the veterans on the Black Raiders’ offensive line think the same thing.
BOOKS: ‘LINCOLN CONSPIRACY’:A gripping fictional account
Timothy L. O’Brien takes a harsh, fictional look at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and its aftermath in “The Lincoln Conspiracy.”
MAINE COMPASS: Plessy case didn’t define Chief Justice Fuller’s entire career
Maureen Milliken’s recent “Kennebec Tales column,” which disparaged my ancestor, Melville Weston Fuller, deserves a response.