FARMINGTON — The Western Maine Storytelling Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting at a different venue starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17.
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Posted inCommunity
Spectrum Generationsoffers Medicare help
Spectrum Generations will offer the opportunity to meet with an Aging and Disability Resource counselor about Medicare Annual Open Enrollment. The enrollment period is Oct. 15-Dec. 7.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Maybe it’s time to break up Time Warner like AT&T
I read the Oct. 6 front-page article about Time Warner, which I believe is a big rip-off company.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: AT&T takes the lead with anti-texting ads
The world’s largest telecommunications company has launched a massive public service campaign to tell people not to use its own products — not behind the wheel, anyway.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Many issues in play when a dog is running loose
I recently had an experience during which my neighbors did not have control of their large dog and it was chasing me down the road.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Newspapers part of our lives from birth to death
Last week was National Newspaper Week, when we celebrate the significance of the newspaper and its place in our communities.
Posted inOpinion
DAN DEMERITT: By playing political games, GOP squanders its opportunity to lead
MY FIRST BOSS in politics was captain of the Harvard football team. He was big and tall, but friendly enough so I figured he would want to hear about how my modest salary equated to a shockingly meager wage when divided by the number of hours I was working.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Venezuela finds U.S. a handy scapegoat
Americans have been laboring under the delusion that we had to travel halfway around the world to find a gaggle of dangerous nut cases. Who knew we could have hung out in the western hemisphere and found all we wanted in Venezuela?
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Pay Congress bus fare, $300 in food stamps
All right, I’ve just about had it. Those who have read the Constitution know it states that if government isn’t working, we can abolish it. It’s time we did just that.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Recession puts millions in line for financial assistance
Almost everyone reaches an age when working for a living is no longer possible. That is the retirement age when income decreases significantly, the cost of living continues to rise and the need for high-cost, unaffordable health care increases.