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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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TD BANK 250: Polewarczyk dominates on way to victory
OXFORD — Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., was strong early at the 39th annual TD Bank 250, leading the first 135 laps. He was stronger when it mattered most Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway, winning prestigous race by about a second over nine-time track champion and Farmington native Jeff Taylor.
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MLB: Blue Jays rough up Lester
BOSTON (AP) — Jon Lester stood in the middle of Boston’s quiet clubhouse and didn’t try to sugarcoat the situation.