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Library offersreading programs

PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Public Library Summer Reading Program continues, offering reading logs, Sea Dogs tickets and an opportunity for children to win prizes by reading each week.

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Tory awarded Harvard Fellowship

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Area High School graduate Heather Tory, M.D., is one of four doctors to receive a Harvard Medical School fellowship in patient safety and quality, established by Harvard and academic teaching institutions.

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‘Step in the right direction’ or ‘kick in the gut’?

PITTSBURGH — Disappointing job growth jolted the presidential campaign four months before Election Day, and the candidates quickly put their vastly different views on display, underscoring the economy as the central issue between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney.

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion

Church dress code showsall are NOT welcome

Appearing in the St. Michael’s Church Bulletin June 23-24 was the directive “What to Wear for Church.” The following excerpts will be quoted: “Shorts for men or women, bare backs, low cut tops, etc. are not appropriate clothing for those who are coming to worship God. Nor are shirts with rock groups or beer commercials.”

Posted inSports

MLB: Nerdy knuckleballer Dickey masters unpredictable

NEW YORK — R.A. Dickey has been known to place books around the New York Mets’ clubhouse, selected from the little library lining the top shelf of his locker. When the mood suits him, he might reach into the stall and pull out his “Star Wars” stormtrooper helmet. He says he would love a small role on the HBO fantasy saga “Game of Thrones.”

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion

Remarks intended forfuture Winthrop budgets

In the reporting on the June 25 public meeting on the proposed property tax increase included in the town of Winthrop’s municipal budget I was quoted, correctly, as stating that “a little give on the public employees side as well” may be called for in future years’ budget negotiations.

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Supreme Court decisionwill cripple health care

By upholding Obamacare the Supreme Court has changed this county as we know it. I worked in health care 40 years and this act will cripple health care: higher premiums, longer wait times to see a physician, denied/delayed surgeries, etc. Socialized medicine has not been successful even in Canada, but here we go following their lead.