FARMINGTON — The kickoff of the Gold LEAF Senior College-UMF fall/winter term is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the University of Maine at Farmington Olsen Student Center, North Dining Hall, 111 South St. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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Opera house to present ‘Manet: Portraying Life’
WATERVILLE — As part of its new high-definition programming, the Waterville Opera House will present “Manet: Portraying Life” at 10 a. m. Wednesday.
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Lachance named this year’s Relay For Life chairwoman
WATERVILLE — Laurie Lachance, president of Thomas College, has been selected by The American Cancer Society to serve as honorary chairwoman for this year’s Relay For Life of Waterville In Memory of Martha “Marty” Spann.
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School offers chance to claim records
VASSALBORO — Vassalboro Community School will destroy special education records for students born between August 1987 and August 1988.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
No answers for questions about China Lake Park
I am a concerned senior citizen in my 80s. I was born, raised and lived all my life in the town of China. I graduated from Erskine Academy, raised our family of five, had 11 grandchildren, 10 of whom graduated from Erskine. My husband and I owned and operated three different businesses and worked hard to pay our taxes.
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MAINE COMPASS: IOUs to Maine hospitals paid by political resolve, people’s will
OVER THE PAST 10 years, the Maine Hospital Association has been talking about the state’s MaineCare debt to our hospitals.
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PETA: Anti-cruelty law includes lobsters, crabs
PETA appreciates District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau’s thoughtful examination of Maine’s anti-cruelty law for animals, but respectfully asks that he reconsider his analysis.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We need to support new carbon dioxide standards
The recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations agency, clearly demonstrates that climate change is happening right now and wreaking havoc on the planet, and that it is the greenhouse gases created by us that is the root cause.
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OUR OPINION: Thumbs up,thumbs down
Quick takes on issues in the news this week in central Maine …
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People will be glad to have Affordable Care Act
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” said the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York.