FIVE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODS in Colorado, record cold temperatures in Florida, a heat wave in Alaska, sustained drought in Oklahoma and double the normal precipitation for September in Maine. Are these weather extremes related and what does this mean for us here in central Maine?
2013
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
350 Central Maine joins worldwide demonstration
I was pleased to read an article in the Sept. 22 Morning Sentinel that summarized a demonstration in opposition to the Keystone Pipeline.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Cheaper imports haven’t delivered promised growth
Back in the 1990s, free-trade advocates made two predictions: Manufacturing jobs would move offshore, where labor and other costs were lower, but low prices for imported manufactured goods here would circulate money through the economy that would stimulate the growth of service jobs.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Congressional benefits are the real welfare package
Congressional benefits include free health care the rest of their lives, along with outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days. And don’t forget all the free overseas fact-finding tours (vacations) they take every year. I think they have to serve only one term to get full retirement plus all the other perks that go with this job.
Posted inCommunity
BRIDGE RESULTS
AUGUSTA — The Capitol City duplicate bridge club winners on Oct. 2, were: north/south — Fred Letourneau and Stan Mathieu, Janet Arey and Glenn Angell, and Paul Jones and Bob Angland; east/west — Ron Cote and Luke Merry, Paul Mitnik and Paul Sherman, and John Erdman and Jane Elliott. Winners Wednesday were Sharron Hinckley and Fred Letourneau, Debby Gardiner and Paul Mitnik, and Vinal Look and Janet Arey.
Posted inNews, Sports
MLB: Home run in 9th inning sinks Red Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Lobaton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays staved off elimination once again, beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Monday night.
Posted inNation & World, News
From unknown victim to Nobel Peace Prize candidate
Shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, Malala Yousafzai has turned her fame into a tool to defend human rights.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: PTC B playoffs starting to shape up
The playoff race in the Pine Tree Conference Class B division is starting to shape up. With three weeks left in the regular season, seven of the league’s nine teams are in the hunt for one of six playoff spots.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Winthrop/Monmouth mixing things up on offense
The Winthrop/Monmouth football team has used a variety of formations and looks on offense this season to make it difficult for opponents to prepare each week.