FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington recently announced the following events free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated.
March 2013
UMF spring theater production planned
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington student actors challenge themselves and their audience with UMF’s spring production of Jane Martin’s award-winning play “Keely and Du.” Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the UMF Alumni Theater.
M.D. HARMON: Officials find it easier to meddle in minor issues than big ones
Puritanism was (somewhat unfairly) described many decades ago by H.L. Mencken, the cynical “sage of Baltimore,” as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
VIEW FROM AWAY: Democrats weigh in with own partisan budget to counter GOP’s
Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., has now weighed in with a budget plan to counter the House Republican tax-and-spending blueprint.
VIEW FROM AWAY: Reopen White House doors
The decision to drop White House tours always had a whiff of what’s known as Washington Monument syndrome.
Respect for life ultimate gun control
I have hesitated to weigh in on the gun control issue, not because I am afraid to express my thoughts, but because I wanted to see what my thoughts really are.
Appetite for horse meat is all in the name
On reading J.P. Devine’s column about eating pony, I remembered back to grad school days in Tucson, Ariz., in the 1960s, when horse meat was available at the local supermarket.
Damren, Rice elected in Belgrade; Childs new roads commissioner
BELGRADE — Richard Damren and incumbent Ernie Rice were elected to the Board of Selectpersons Friday in a three-way race for two empty seats.
Maine may be chosen for missile defense system site
Sen. Susan Collins indicates that she would support locating an anti-nuke missile defense system in the Caribou area in northern Maine.