PORTLAND — The Maine Conservation Corps recently welcomed Christina Walker of Oakland to serve as an environmental educator and AmeriCorps volunteer at the Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks & Lands.
2012
WATERVILLE DISTRICT COURT
WATERVILLE — The following cases, listed alphabetically A-P, were closed from May 21 to May 25, 2012, in Waterville District Court.
OUR OPINION: By staying home, Maine nonvoters spoke clearly
The big U.S. Senate primary election is over and the majority has spoken. Not the majority of the 11 percent of Maine Democrats or the 13 percent of Maine Republicans who picked state Sen. Cynthia Dill and Secretary of State Charlie Summers to lead their tickets in November.
Wondering why bus driver didn’t stop, let cars pass
What happened to the courtesy school bus drivers used to have? They used to pull over if several cars, sometimes even one car, were behind them. I have had to follow a school bus on Route 100 several times coming home in the afternoon. Sometimes as many as eight vehicles stacked behind him, and yet […]
Lots of other places to put new city police station
I cannot believe that enough Waterville city councilors agreed to put a multimillion-dollar police station in a known flood zone. The flood insurance cost for such a thing has to be well over $150,000 per year and maybe even more. As a private citizen, I never would be allowed to build in Head of Falls […]
MAINE COMPASS: No excuse for abuse of seniors, regardless of what form it takes
As this country gets older, more senior citizens are abused every day.
Compass about landmark church was beautiful
Marilyn Canavan’s Compass (May 28) in the Morning Sentinel about St. Francis de Sales Church was beautiful. It should make people think. We destroy our landmarks. St. Francis de Sales is a landmark in the city of Waterville. I now live in Fairfield, but I was brought up in Waterville and St. Francis was our […]
CYCLING: Anti-Doping Agency charges Armstrong
AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his victories in those storied cycling races.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A radioactive debate
As the Senate this week begins considering President Obama’s nomination of Allison Macfarlane to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it should remember that lawmakers helped create the expensive and risky mess that currently serves as nuclear waste policy in America.
High school senior nailed essence of Memorial Day
Does America have a future? We sure do! After reading so much bad news, along comes Helen Call’s Maine Compass about respect for our veterans’ sacrifice (June 7). Wow! What an articulate, well-written and reasoned opinion, not by a seasoned journalist, but by a high school senior. An opinion she put forward, even though she […]