In 2009, the state completed the reconstruction of a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 295 between Topsham and Gardiner. In all, 34 miles of fresh asphalt were put down over a rebuilt roadway, at a cost of $35.3 million, paid for with federal stimulus funds.
September 2013
Posted inCommunity
Thomas College rep to visit Madison High
WATERVILLE — A Thomas College representative will visit Madison Area Memorial High School at 11 a.m. Friday.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Jails should return to county control
I’d like to respond to the article pertaining to Somerset County’s exclusion from the task force to study the “One Maine One System” corrections fiasco (“Somerset’s omission from panel slammed,” Sept. 8).
Posted inOpinion
FROM THE STATE HOUSE: State should reduce spending instead of trying ‘tax reform’
FOR YEARS, WE’VE been told Maine needs “tax reform.” We’re told that Maine’s tax code doesn’t produce a steady stream of revenue and it is too volatile.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Police are too concerned with going unnoticed
There was a time when if we needed a police officer we could find them and their cars easily with just a glance. They were there to protect and serve and stood out proudly against every background. Every kid looked up to them, and adults respected them.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Correction: Sept. 20 editorial about injuries to game wardens, rangers
The Sept. 20 editorial (“Rangers’ safety can be improved without firearms”) incorrectly reported statistics from the Maine Department of Labor.
Posted inCommunity
Literacy Volunteers seeks tutors
SKOWHEGAN — Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset counties will offer a tutor training course at the Somerset Cooperative Extension Office. The nine-hour class will be held 5-8 p.m. Oct. 3 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 5.
Posted inCommunity
Breast Cancer Awareness Walk set
PITTSFIELD — Sebasticook Valley Health will hold the SVH Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk Saturday, Oct. 5, at the SVH Family Care office. Walkers throughout central Maine will walk to raise funds in support of breast health services at SVH Women’s Health.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Media need to tell breed of all dogs that attack
They’re vicious baby killers, waiting to lunge at the throat. They will kill your children, your pets, even your neighbors.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
US should attack Syria to avoid a war with Iran
The decision on whether to attack Syria is not about the Syrian civil war or either side being moral upstanding human beings. It is about the use of weapons of mass destruction and about what the U.S. as sole superpower (with assistance from like-minded countries) is willing to do to prevent the use of WMD.