WATERVILLE — The next session of Hope’s Place will begin Sept. 26. The meetings are set for 6-7 p.m.Thursdays through Nov. 14 at 320 Maine St., next to the Hospice Community Center of Waterville.
September 2013
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Household hazardous waste disposal set
SKOWHEGAN — The greater Skowhegan area household hazardous waste, electronic waste and unwanted medication collection will take place Oct. 5 at the salt-and-sand shed, on Transfer Station Road.
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Health services available at Fair
FARMINGTON — The Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County recently announced that the staff will provide outreach services at the Farmington Fair, Sunday through Sept. 21, according to a press release. Look for the mobile health unit, near the High Street entrance. The hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Corinna Fun Day set for Saturday
CORINNA — Corinna Family Fun Day will be celebrated Saturday downtown with the following events:
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COMMENTARY: Life in the Hamptons is good again as 1 percent makes up lost ground
THE MOST DISAPPOINTING fact about how little things have changed on Wall Street five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is not that the Dodd-Frank Act is ineffective. Or that no substantive regulations are in place that might prevent the recurrence of a crisis. Or that no Wall Street executive has been held even remotely accountable for failing to manage his firm effectively. Or even that the Federal Reserve’s easing policies have mostly propped up Wall Street banks at the expense of American savers.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Syrian chemical weapons could be from Iraq
President Barack Obama seems to have a lot of support to strike the Syrian military in response for its chemical weapons attack on its own civilians. The method of intervention for the U.S. in a foreign civil conflict is always a tricky one, but obviously the Syrian government crossed the line.
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OUR OPINION: Social media rules give new twist to old argument
Social media may be relatively new, but the argument about what employees are allowed to say about employers stretches back more than a century.
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Too many able-bodied park in handicapped spots
The other day I was at a local store waiting to check out and a couple of young women were in front of me. They had two carts of items, and I noted that they had a lot of groceries. One of them said they were shopping for a group home.
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Hunger Action Month fights hunger in Maine
September is Hunger Action Month. This means summer is ending, the fall season is beginning and holidays are coming upon us faster than we may be prepared for.
