UNITY — MOFGA’s Farm Training Project workshops begin on May 22. These workshops, organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, are designed for and targeted to participants in MOFGA’s Apprenticeship Program, though are free and open to anyone who is interested.
May 2013
Elliott, of Oakland, makes 2013 dean’s list
Chloe Elliott, of Oakland, majoring in public relations, was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.
Public library seeks book sale donations
PITTSFIELD — The Friends of the Pittsfield Public Library will hold a one-day used book sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 24.
Locke inducted to honor society
Brittany Locke, of Waterville, a senior nursing student, recently was inducted to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.
Hale now member of Phi Beta Kappa
Jennifer R. Hale, of Waterville, a senior at Colby College, recently was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Membership in the society is one of the highest academic honors an undergraduate student can achieve.
MCI Drama to perform benefit show Saturday
PITTSFIELD — Maine Central Institute spring musical revue production, “When I Grow Up, A Cabaret for Cancer” will be presented at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pittsfield Community Theatre on Main Street.
GEORGE SMITH: Here’s what you should say when summer visitors ask questions
As we plunge into summer, prepared to endure a flood of friends from away, we ought to be prepared to answer their questions. Here are some of those likely questions, with answers at the end of the column to help you prepare.
OUR OPINION: Administration faux pas put usual foes on same side
The Obama administration has accomplished something that has been a goal in Washington for a long time: It has brought together Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals.
COMMENTARY: Two monsters in crime, two cases of incomprehensible inhumanity
In December 1964 in Oslo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., when receiving the coveted Nobel Peace Prize, fixated on “man’s inhumanity to man” during his acceptance speech.