I would like to express my appreciation to the people who stopped and assisted my mother after her automobile accident on Dec. 2 on U.S. Route 201A. It is wonderful to know there are still people willing to help a stranger in a time of need. It was so comforting for me to know that […]
2012
Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH REISERT: ‘I have a dream’ speech called on US to fulfill promise of equality
When we celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, many of us will remember him first as a great preacher and a powerful speaker.
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BRIEFS: Fairfield power outage; Whooping cough rises; Smart meter critics file appeal; Students cheer proposal
WATERVILLE — About 600 customers were without electrical power for about an hour Thursday on upper Main Street and part of Fairfield because of a bad insulator, according to Central Maine Power Co. spokesman John Carroll.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Bible-believing Christians must make voices heard
Can it be that we are faced with another presidential primary? Oh, woe is me! A well-known evangelical leader (and author) Francis Schaeffer has asked, “Where has the faith community (evangelical, etc.) been for the last 40 years?” I don’t think they have been at the voting booth because secular forces in the United States […]
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Morning Sentinel police log: Jan. 13, 2011
IN ANSON, Wednesday at 9:16 a.m., a complaint was investigated on Campbell Road.
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Making Maine more friendly to businesses
WATERVILLE — If you want to start a business in Maine or are having problems with your existing business, help is a phone call away.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Our bankrupt country should cut all foreign aid
Amazing, isn’t it, that the 80-plus millionaires in Washington, D.C., have no interest in bailing out Social Security, Medicare or the postal service? Could it be that none of these millionaires has any stocks and revenues from these programs like they have in oil, banks, auto and all the other companies that they bailed out? […]
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Thomas hopes to get back on track
BY MATT DIFILIPPO Staff Writer A 7-5 record, including 4-3 in the North Atlantic Conference, is no reason to panic. But Thomas College men’s basketball coach T.J. Maines was hoping his team would be in a slightly better position at this point. Three of the losses could have easily gone the other way. Thomas led […]
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OUR OPINION: LePage could make a powerful point on King Day
A year ago, on the Friday before Martin Luther King Day, Gov. Paul LePage delivered a vulgar on-camera insult to the NAACP that has dogged him throughout his first year in office, and probably will stay with him for his whole administration.
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Woman dies in Vienna crash
VIENNA — A Jay woman was killed Thursday morning when the car she was a passenger in slid off a snow-covered road and crashed into a tree, police said.