WATERVILLE — Eric Smith, of Sidney, was named to the spring 2013 semester dean’s list at Thomas College. Smith is majoring in criminal justice.
July 2013
Posted inCommunity
Morin selected to attend summit
BENTON — Madison Morin recently was selected by Discover Girls Magazine to represent Maine during a weeklong summit in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Hardy Girls welcomes interim president
WATERVILLE — Mary Fifield recently was named the interim president to head Hardy Girls Healthy Women.
Posted inCommunity
Benefit auxiliary garden tour set
PITTSFIELD — Sebasticook Valley Health invites community members to visit five gardens throughout Pittsfield and Newport to benefit cardiac care during the SVH Auxiliary’s Garden Tour on Saturday, July 20. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the SVH Cardiac Care program.
Posted inCommunity
Ian Gage, of Fairfield, earns BFA degree
BOSTON, Mass. — Ian Gage recently graduated from Massachusettes College of Art and Design in Boston with a bachelor of fine arts in painting.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Band must march to a new beat, or not at all
The beat will go on at Florida A&M University, but administrators must ensure that the beatings do not. They have finally implemented anti-hazing policies to prevent the kind of tragic death that Robert Champion Jr. met at the hands of band mates in the strutting, gyrating Marching 100.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Military a great career option for many youths
I was very disappointed to see that Winslow’s state representative, Catherine Nadeau, a Democrat, voted against the bill to allow military recruiters the same access to Maine public schools as other career recruiters. The bill also would have prohibited schools from making military recruiters visit in civilian clothes, without their uniforms.
Posted inOpinion
KATHLEEN PARKER: Congressional Republicans keep picking wrong battles
Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Former captives holding their heads high
It is so good to see them again, healing and happier, and finally in control of their lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Businesses should meet new health care deadline
Businesses celebrated July Fourth two days early this year, not with fireworks but instead a health care reprieve from the Obama administration.