The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers recently announced the agency has postponed its Bowl-athon event fundraiser to Sept. 7, 13 and 14 at Sparetime Recreation in Augusta and Waterville, and Central Maine Family Fun Center in Skowhegan.
May 2013
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LAWRENCE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Lawrence Junior High School has announced its third-quarter honor roll.
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Kiwanis Club Health and Safety Fair Saturday in Oakland
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Waterville will host its sixth annual Health and Safety Fair from 9 a.m.to noon on Saturday at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland.
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Hospice walk-athon set for Saturday
Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area and L.N. Clark Inspiration Network will host a walk-athon Saturday.
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Annual trade show, fair set for Saturday
Reservations for booth space are available for the Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 17th annual Trade Show and Community Fair, sponsored this year by Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union. The event will be held at the Sebasticook Valley Middle School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
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VIEW FROM AWAY: Let’s get rid of tariffs on trans-Atlantic trade
Within a few months, the U.S. and European Union will formally launch free-trade talks. Now is the time to think big.
Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH REISERT: When two sides are this far apart, doing nothing is compromise
Why has the Congress recently found it so hard to accomplish anything? And what can be done about it?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: CMP’s rate plan needs thorough evaluation
Any time people face the prospect of paying more for one of life’s necessities, they notice — so a proposal by Maine’s largest electric utility to raise its rates is naturally drawing attention.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
$20,000 for governor’s portrait not well-spent
In his last year of public service to the people of Maine, an official portrait of Gov. John Baldacci was made at a cost to taxpayers of $20,000.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We don’t need more guns or people with guns
The 30,000 or so gun-related deaths (64 percent suicides, 36 percent homicides) that occur annually in the United States, suggest to me that up to 80 people on any given day, in the interest of public safety, probably should not have had access to firearms.