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PublishedJuly 11, 2012
Waterville could use Legion site for police station
I have a great idea to save the Head of Falls. Since the membership of American Legion Post 5 is dwindling, why doesn’t the city take over the Post’s building, demolish it and build a new police station on the site? Using this centrally located lot would allow access to College Avenue and Front Street, […]
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PublishedJuly 11, 2012
Many thanks to ‘our DJ,’ Don Brown
Don Brown has been “our DJ” for, well, about all my life. He’s welcomed us early mornings, six days a week, with great music, humor, news, trivia, contests and brief commentary. A real person, with the community at heart, we could find him at fund raisers for good causes on, as well as off, the […]
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
Obamacare to give tax guys lots of business
Now that the Supreme Court has made Obamacare the law of the land, the most feared federal agency, the Internal Revenue Service, will be the enforcer to make sure you have health insurance. I can see the advertisements now: Forgot to buy health insurance? Have IRS agents cordoned off your street? Has the IRS surrounded […]
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
‘Amazing,’ ‘awesome’ robbed of meaning
I have just returned from a trip to Peru, a vacation inspired by a book, “The White Rock,” by Hugh Thompson. The book inspired my husband to learn more about Machu Picchu, the Andes mountains, Hiram Bingham (with relatives in Bingham?) and the Incas. We were going to wait until our daughter finished her last […]
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
Opposing tax cuts to rich does little for economy
It’s amusing to read letters against tax cuts for the rich, as if it’s evil to have money. Some throw out statistics difficult to verify. Others are short-sighted, omitting inconvenient factors. They insist on taxing the rich more and operate solely on the equation’s intake side, as if the spending end does not exist. If […]
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Moms behind BPA move can save children’s’ lives
I want to personally thank the mothers who turned in more than 800 signatures to try to compel the state Board of Environmental Protection to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby and toddler food packaging ("Moms Turn in BPA Petition," June 22). A common chemical used to harden plastic in our food containers, the dangers of BPA are well-known and documented, despite the fact that Gov. Paul LePage claimed that it only causes little beards on women.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
The non-voters of RSU 18 don’t value education
The majority of citizens in RSU 18 do not value the education of their young people nor do they value our country's democratic process. How can I say this? The fact that only 19 percent of Belgrade's registered voters, 20 percent of China's, 17 percent of Oakland's, 14 percent of Rome's and 15 percent of Sidney's voted on the proposed school budget on June 13 is the basis of this statement. The budget was defeated by only 38 votes.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Nonvoters of RSU 18 don’t value education
The majority of citizens in RSU 18 do not value the education of their young people nor do they value our country's democratic process. How can I say this? The fact that only 19 percent of Belgrade's registered voters, 20 percent of China's, 17 percent of Oakland's, 14 percent of Rome's and 15 percent of Sidney's voted on the proposed school budget on June 13 is the basis of this statement. The budget was defeated by only 38 votes.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Obamacare intended to benefit society
When you see a "no shirt, no service" or "no pets allowed" sign, or when you wait at a red light though no one is coming, do you feel that your freedom has been taken away? If you're an extreme libertarian you might feel so, but most of us realize that to have a reasonably just, productive and stable society, we need rules and laws that both restrict and encourage certain behavior. The intent is to benefit society as a whole. Much individual freedom remains, but many deciding roles are yielded to groups rather than to the individual. As the concerns range more and more broadly, decision-making may fall to a family, then to a town, then to the state, and finally, when something effects the cohesion of the nation itself and everyone's mutual involvement, to our national governing bodies.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Moms behind BPA move can save children’s lives
I want to personally thank the mothers who turned in more than 800 signatures to try to compel the state Board of Environmental Protection to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby and toddler food packaging ("Moms Turn in BPA Petition," June 22). A common chemical used to harden plastic in our food containers, the dangers of BPA are well-known and documented, despite the fact that Gov. Paul LePage claimed that it only causes little beards on women.
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