Mix in a few inches of snow and it doesn’t make for much winter fun so far this season, but it sure has kept road crews busy. And much of it has been at overtime wages.
2012
Posted inNews
Russian teen takes in Maine experience
Anton Eltsov wasn’t born when the greater Waterville community and his hometown of Kotlas, Russia, became sister cities in 1990.
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Posted inNews
J.P. DEVINE: My first love? Think Twinkie
One day at recess in the school yard at St. Mary and Joseph Catholic School, I fell down and seriously skinned my knee. Everyone laughed and ran off, except for Mary Lister.
Posted inNews
Mainers take stock, look ahead
They want more affordable energy, a balanced state budget and better job opportunities. Mainers of all stripes weigh in on the state’s most pressing issues and tell the governor what they’d like to hear him say during Tuesday’s State of the State address at 7 p.m.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
2012 bringing out the good in many of us
Those resolutions many of us made at the start of the new year seem to be disappearing and life once again is becoming busy, stressful and, at times, overwhelming.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Palmyra petitioners seek to sell former school
Many of Maine’s towns are trying to figure out what to do with their small school buildings after the school closes.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Use TANF to cover needs of people with disabilities
I believe this is a subject that needs to have as much attention drawn to it as possible.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Students stymied by questions needing creativity
Last night on the NBC national news, I was struck by a piece about college applications today.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Three municipalities could share one police station
The towns of Oakland and Winslow are in the same boat as Waterville — in desperate need of new police stations. So why don’t the three municipalities pitch in and buy/build a station on Kennedy Memorial Drive?
Posted inOpinion
Fighting Romney, rest of GOP adopts Dems’ class-war strategy
“Are you better off today than you were $4 trillion ago?” — Former presidential candidate Rick Perry