WATERVILLE — Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer Certified Hospice Volunteer training starting April 1. If you are interested in sharing two-four hours a week with individuals and family members who face life-threatening illness you can help make living each day a gift. Your support may include: companionship, letter writing, life review, reading, compassionate listening, respite for the caregiver or bereavement support for family members.
March 2013
Posted inCommunity
Girls Night Out planned for Madison
MADISON — Relay for Life team MAD @ Cancer will host a Girls Night Out from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Madison VFW on Preble Avenue. The event will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
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Posted inCommunity
SAD 49 announces registration dates
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield based School Administrative District 49 recently announced the following pre-school registration dates:
Posted inCommunity
Madison Elementary registration April 10
MADISON — Madison Elementary kindergarten registration and screening will be Wednesday, April 10, and Thursday, April 11, by appointment for student who reside in Madison.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Limited window to halt spread of new superbug
Federal health officials warned recently that the nation’s hospitals and nursing homes are increasingly at risk from deadly new strains of drug-resistant bacteria that can’t be treated with even the strongest antibiotics.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Why do taxpayers foot bills for school sports?
School boards and local taxpayers will be struggling this year. They will be coping with state mandates raising their contribution to teacher and administrator retirement, and to cover the costs of students who go to charter schools.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
‘Jeopardy’ diplomacy just might work in Washington
I love watching “Jeopardy”. The contestants are generally jovial; witty, bright folks that I’d like to have a beer with.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Senior speaks out against LePage’s budget cuts
As a Maine senior citizen, I am speaking out against Gov. Paul LePage’s budget cuts.
Posted inOpinion
Woods’ arrogant planundervalues small towns
Rural cleansing. That will be Steve Woods’ economic plan, should he be elected governor. You may remember Woods as an independent candidate who dropped out of the U.S. Senate campaign in its final days last year.
