The Greater Waterville Poverty Action Coalition’s recent letter, “It is too expensive to be poor” (July 28), brings much needed attention to a growing national humanitarian crisis that we have ignored for far too long. As a representative of the Maine Poor People’s Campaign, I would like to provide some specifics about poverty right here […]
2019
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
President’s character falls far short
I am writing in regards to an article in the Aug. 2 newspaper headlined “Religious right balks at label.” It contained yet another way to defend President Donald Trump from the charge of racism: “He does not judge people by the color of their skin. He judges people on whether they support him. If you […]
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Posted inMeetinghouse, Op-Eds, Opinion
Michelle Shores, Waterville: Dropped call
Years ago, long before we had cellphones, back when we were still using that green rotary dial phone mounted to the wall in our 1970s kitchen, I remember the day I hung up on my mother. We were talking on the phone, me the know-it-all teenager, Mom the working mother trying to do it all. […]
Posted inUncategorized
Ticked off: Tracking tick encounters and diseases
This is the first in a three-part series about tick identification, disease and encounter prevention.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Op-Eds, Opinion
Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: The hardest secret I’ve ever kept
A phone call can change a life. In this case, it changed multiple lives (four, to be exact). Growing up, I never felt like an only child. I was always surrounded by friends, but I craved the sibling bonds that I witnessed in the lives of my friends. After months and months of adoption parties […]
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Man seriously injured in Otisfield truck rollover
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said James R. Micklon sustained a serious head injury after a single vehicle crash on Route 121 Monday night.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Sharon Grigsby: How I found a little hope amid last week’s shootings
In the hours after evil’s latest assault on innocent people, I drifted about my house for most of Saturday. I felt unfocused, listless, numb. Most of all, I was unsettled by the fear that massacres such as the one that took 20 lives and forever altered dozens of others in El Paso are just another […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Maine, News
Art foundation asks state to investigate management of Robert Indiana estate
A lawyer for the Morgan Art Foundation is accusing the estate of squandering the late artist’s money and legacy.
Posted inCommunity
Evening of art and community set for Aug. 10
Event will be held at Pumpkin Vine Family Farm.
Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture
Call to artists: Imagination Runs Wild
DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts announces a call to artists for the August show “Wild Things.” Artists may submit up to three works for jurying into the show. Participants are invited to respond to the theme to reflect their own interpretations. Anthony Anderson, art guide publisher, will be the juror for this exhibition. Anderson and his […]