WASHINGTON — Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war.
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Newport soldier’s funeral is June 16
NEWPORT — The funeral for Army Capt. Jay Brainard has been scheduled for Saturday, June 16, at Crosby & Neal Funeral Home on Main Street in Newport, a family member said Tuesday.
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Help on the way for those on MaineCare waiting lists
In the April 21 newspaper, Amy Calder recounted the story of Deborah Klane and her son, Ethan, who was cut off from nursing care to help with his special needs. Ethan, described as having cerebral palsy, had nursing assistance 24 hours a day from birth through MaineCare. Recently, certain Democrats have claimed that Ethan was […]
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To destroy a town, just destroy its school system
School board members pass off their responsibility to the negotiating team, giving them an escape route not to take further action to “hold the line on salary and benefit expenses.” Negotiators seem to be responsible to make sure that teachers and administrators contracts, which guarantee salary raises, step raises and benefits, are protected. Teachers and […]
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Education in SAD 13 fails to prepare kids for life
Moscow should get out of SAD 13 and leave Bingham holding the bag if things don’t change dramatically. In my opinion, if we really, truly and honestly want to educate students in SAD 13, start with reading, writing and arithmetic in kindergarten through grade eight. There is plenty of time in high school for computers. […]
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Waterville playground should have drinking water
Waterville has a wonderful community resource in North Street Playground, but it is missing one thing: water. Water is a health and safety concern, with soccer games, tennis matches, or even children just running on the playground. No water can be found on the playground, however, not even a hose spigot. Hot weather and vigorous […]
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SAD 49 should be as frugal as towns must be
As a town councilor for the town of Fairfield, it is my responsibility to provide taxpayers with information to make just decisions. If the proposed budget passes, we will all look an increased mil rate, making it more difficult to survive in tough times, let alone thrive and encourage development. Last year, the MSAD 49 […]
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Grateful for honest woman who returned purse
On May 25, after shopping at Walmart, I took my purchases to my car and returned the shopping cart to a cart corral. I didn’t realize until I got home that I did not have my purse. I went back to Walmart, looked for my purse but couldn’t find it. I went inside to the […]
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Women at lunch reminded ‘angel’ of his mother
Two of my friends and I were enjoying lunch at Holly & Doug’s Restaurant the Saturday before Memorial Day. We were pleasantly surprised when our waitress told us our meals had been paid for by a gentleman who’d left this note for us, along with a $10 bill for our dessert: “Ladies, Seeing you ladies […]
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Thunder go from futility to finals
OKLAHOMA CITY — At the beginning of the video the Oklahoma City Thunder play before their starting lineups are announced, there’s a message on the scoreboard.