FARMINGTON — The Maine Cancer Foundation has awarded Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County a $10,000 grant to provide community education on cancer prevention and early detection with a focus on colorectal and prostate cancer.
April 2013
Posted inOpinion
Lower drinking age to 18 to make Maine’s laws fairer
Two clients of mine recently made the newspaper, but not by choice. They are dormitory roommates here at the University of Maine at Farmington and both are 19 years old. Both are also excellent students who had never been in trouble of any kind.
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Posted inOpinion
Oops! Obama forgot to think before speaking
“The world is full of guys,” Corey Flood says in the classic 1980s film “Say Anything.” “Be a man. Don’t be a guy.”
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Maybe we should pay by the pound to fly friendly skies
A story problem: Mary weighs 120 pounds and is traveling with a 12-pound baby, a 30-pound diaper bag and two suitcases with a combined weight of 80 pounds. Dick weighs 155 and hauls a 10-pound duffel. Bob weighs 280 and is dragging a 40-pound wheel-aboard suitcase. How much does each passenger pay for a 1,440-mile flight from Chicago to Phoenix?
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Why are good guys with guns losing the fight?
The recent spate of law enforcement killings nationwide has alarmed that community and many others.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
NRA a club of like-minded people, does a lot of good
The National Rifle Association is unpopular right now, but its members are certainly not the child killers that Henry Dillenbeck proclaims them to be (letter of April 4 comparing NRA to the KKK).
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We need ability to defend ourselves against tyranny
This is a response to the Rev. Raymond Anderson’s letter on March 15 concerning my appearance at a Second Amendment rally.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
People shouldn’t pay for bad decisions by others
I don’t understand why we have a budget crisis (not).
Posted inPolitics
Net bycatch: A ‘lifeline’ for some, a threat for lobstermen
The bill would permit trawlers to sell “incidentally caught” lobsters, something Maine lobstermen strongly oppose.