FARMINGTON — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has announced that two canning/freezing workshops will be held on Wednesday, July 17, at the UMaine Cooperative Extension Office in Franklin County, 138 Pleasant Street, suite 1. The first workshop will begin at noon and ends at 3 p.m. The second workshop will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. Registration is $15 and must be paid in advance.
July 2013
Posted inCommunity
Historical society plans sing-along
NEW VINEYARD — The Merry Plinksters, a well-practiced band of enthusiastic ukulele players, will lead a sing-along during Wednesday’s, July 17, meeting of New Vineyard Historical Society meeting. The society will convene at 5 p.m. at Smith Hall on Main Street for a potluck supper. The president, Sherwood W. Anderson, will conduct the meeting, and Mike Burd, director of the Plinksters, will lead the singing.
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Posted inOpinion
PETULA DVORAK: Death by hot car is preventable
The worst part of summer is here, when children die slowly in searing-hot cars.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: When firefighters should stop fighting the conflagration
The 19 firefighters killed in Arizona recently should be honored as the fallen heroes they are. Members of an elite unit, they were trained to hike for miles across remote, difficult terrain with 40 pounds of gear and clear vegetation to keep fires from spreading.
Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH REISERT: Supreme Court condemns DOMA more harshly than segregation
If, as many activists maintain, the struggle for gay rights is just the latest phase of the civil rights movement, then the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, may be this generation’s Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Program to close student food gap awaits LePage
For too many K-12 students in Maine, summer vacation is a mixed blessing. When school’s in session, these children and teenagers get free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches. After school lets out for the summer, however, they lose access to these sources of food.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: GOP voters ready for reform
Immigration reform has more traction with Republican voters than you’d imagine from listening to some talk show hosts and bloggers. A poll out Wednesday shows the gap between the noisemakers and voters on the right.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Transporting fuel by rail is dangerous
I was horrified to read about the derailment and subsequent explosion of a train carrying crude oil in Quebec on July 6. This Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railways train was headed for Maine.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Veterans’ Cemetery land is hallowed ground
I commend Don McIntire for questioning the Maine National Guard and its proposed office building on Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery land (article, “Veteran objects to Maine Guard HQ relocation site,” June 3).
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Declaration of Independence reprint missed this year
A document that’s held dear by most Americans is the Declaration of Independence. It states, in clear and certain terms, an intent to separate from Great Britain, and as importantly, to list the many reasons leading to that decision.