SKOWHEGAN — Regional School Unit 54/School Administrative District 54 board of directors will hold an information hearing on the 2012-13 district budget and a public hearing on proposed health and safety bond issue. The meeting will begin at 6 tonight at the Skowhegan Area Middle School gymnasium.
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Women’s Wellness Day set for Thursday
FARMINGTON — In observance of National Women’s Health Week, health screenings and education will be offered to all women by Healthy Community Coalition staff. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Western Maine Community Action Health Services, 193 Front St.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Caption of photo of 2 girls had too much information
On May 3, in the local section of the Morning Sentinel, you posted an article on Ayla Reynolds. As I applaud your paper for keeping the public informed about this missing toddler, I criticize the picture of the two little girls jumping in the puddles right beside this article. Yes, the picture of the two […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Thieves violate sacredness of cemetery
I believe that a cemetery is one of the last sacred places that we have left, where loved ones can go and visit those they have lost. No one should ever be allowed to take from those who are defenseless. In a word, it is called having respect for the dead. Someone stole two items […]
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Mars mission still US goal
It’s interesting that some of the same people who have been blasting President Obama as a spendthrift who has put this country on a path to economic ruin also criticize him for being frugal when it comes to space exploration.
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MAINE SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Hancock set standard at Colby College
Matt Hancock had a pretty good idea what to expect from opponents when he arrived at Colby College in the fall of 1986.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
MSAD 54 board worked hard to get best budget
The MSAD 54 Education Association urges voters to support the school budget proposed by the Board of Directors. Having attended the majority of school board and committee meetings during the past three budget cycles, I know that board members have worked diligently to minimize the effects of the national financial crisis upon local taxpayers. The […]
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ROGER CLEMENS TRIAL: McNamee says wife convinced him to keep evidence
WASHINGTON — Amid his year-by-year narrative of his complex relationship with Roger Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs, Brian McNamee weaved in a tale of two wives. He said it was his own wife who nagged him into keeping evidence that has become crucial in the trial of the storied pitcher, and it was a request from Clemens’ wife that led to what McNamee called a “creepy” injection scene in a bathroom.
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Social Security particularly vital to Maine retirees
On April 27, the newspaper reprinted an editorial from the Los Angeles Times (“Time to fix Social Security is now, not later”) noting that Social Security trustees recently reported that the program can pay full benefits until 2033, and roughly three-quarters of promised benefits beyond that time. The Times opined that the longer Congress waits […]
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Hernandez fought to have tobacco-free playgrounds
Dana Hernandez has two young daughters. She not only cares for them, but for everyone else’s kids too, in her political life. For instance, she was a proponent of an ordinance, recently passed unanimously by the Waterville City Council, ensuring that playgrounds and picnic areas are tobacco-free — and free from the cigarette butts that […]