It is so easy to live in a bubble, here at Kents Hill School. Last month, however, once again our bubble was pierced by events far away and overseas, and I am reminded again of the importance of community.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Businesses need labor, just as labor needs businesses
I would like to suggest that Gov. Paul LePage replace the murals in the Department of Labor with those giving the “business” point of view. May I suggest one of the Ludlow Mine strike in 1914, with the National Guard shooting women and children, or the Columbine Mine massacre by the local militia in 1927. […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Tax policy hasn’t worked, should be changed
Joseph Reisert’s column on March 25, “Pain from budget cuts inevitable, but do we have a choice?” misses the mark entirely. He claims that there really is no alternative to our governor’s proposed budget. That budget would cut state employee benefits, “reform the state’s welfare programs” (which apparently is another way of describing huge cuts […]
Posted inNews
Bill would allow Waste Management expansion in Norridgewock
NORRIDGEWOCK — Town leaders are hurrying to stake out their position on legislation that would allow Waste Management to expand after a bill was drafted without their direct input.
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RSU 18 proposed budget down $1.4 million
OAKLAND — The RSU 18 Board of Directors next week will consider a proposed $32 million school budget for 2011-12 — a budget that is $1.4 million or 4.2 percent less than — the current $33.3 million budget.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Did LePage really have authority to remove mural?
Gov. Paul LePage — yikes! It appears that some letters to the governor moved the mountain. These complaints managed to bring about an order by Maine’s leader to remove the 11-panel mural that recently hung in the lobby of the Maine Department of Labor. This artwork depicted the history of labor struggles in Maine and […]
Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH R. REISERT: Are we ready to begin reining in what we ask government to do?
Are we sufficiently mature to govern ourselves and to leave behind a freer, wealthier and more powerful America than the one we inherited?
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
O’Keefe goes undercover to expose agencies’ fraud
I disagree with David B. Offer’s assessment of James O’Keefe. Offer says it is unfair that O’Keefe goes undercover, as was the case with Acorn and now NPR. I’m fine with O’Keefe. With his undercover work, he is exposing the fraud that lies within these agencies. Let’s think back to the Acorn unveilings in which […]
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Government money used for mural, but not war heroes
In years past, I was asked and did donate to the Vietnam memorial and the World War II memorial. Government money could not be used to honor our war heroes. Today, I see that government money was used to pay to honor unions with a mural at the expense of the 75 percent of open-shop […]
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Children saved lives of kittens left to die
Two children saved lives tonight. Two beautiful kittens were put in a Sunkist 12-pack box wrapped in blue duct tape and left to die at Oosoola Park here in Norridgewock. The kittens had no water, food or any chance of survival against the cold night had it not been for these kids. I would like […]