AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will hear testimony today on bills regarding notification requirements for spraying pesticides, including one proposal that would do away with the notification system altogether.
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Knitting clubs donate more than 750 items to local causes
HALLOWELL — The knitting clubs at Cotton Mill Apartments and the Cohen Center have made a number of items to donate to local charities.
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Even LePage has ‘some good inside’ somewhere
Gov. Paul LePage is such a sweetie. While he is destroying historic murals, and erasing labor history, he is also helping out at Meals on Wheels in his spare time. See there is some good inside there somewhere. Del Cain Gardiner native retired in Orlando, Fla.
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Item about young man’s death ‘in poor taste’
The item in your paper about the death of Greg Bradley was in very poor taste. The last paragraph was uncalled for. His family and friends must be heartbroken, and for your newspaper to include that paragraph was unforgivable. I believe this newspaper owes the family a private apology, as well as a very public […]
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Embrace single-payer, universal health care
Michael Hudson’s March 23 letter to the editor states that “unions are fighting everyone’s battle to maintain our standard of living.” I am sympathetic to unions and joined the Maine State Employees Association out of solidarity rather than requirement during my decade of state service as a classified “confidential” state employee. I now work for […]
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Wind project critics cheer decision
State regulators decide to review a proposed Highland Plantation wind farm under tougher scenic standards.
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Stokes is right choice for Augusta mayor
I was honored when Bill Stokes asked me to be treasurer for his campaign for mayor of Augusta. I had the pleasure of serving with Stokes on Augusta’s Board of Education for a number of years. During that time, I found him to be one of the most thoughtful, honest and dedicated elected officials with […]
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Births: March 14-18
AUGUSTA — A son, Darin Robert Walker Jr., was born March 18 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Kelly-Ann and Darin Walker, Sr. of Jefferson.
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We can all celebrate when murals are restored
I am looking forward to the loud and joyful party we are all going to have when our beautiful murals, so lovingly created by Judy Taylor, are restored to their rightful place in the world — on the walls of the Maine State Department of Labor. Cheryl Harrington Winthrop
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‘Mortified’ by Wiscasset decision about nickname
I read the report of the Wiscasset school system keeping the name “Redskins,” and I was absolutely aghast. This action is beyond inappropriate, to the point of being reprehensible. Keeping the name “Redskins” is a prejudicial and racially inflammatory action. If the team name had been the Wiscasset “N*****ers,” you can bet that the name […]