WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club
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Skowhegan to serve free Thanksgiving dinner
SKOWHEGAN — A free Thanksgiving dinner will be served Thursday — Thanksgiving Day — from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Skowhegan Community Center, off West Front Street.
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Catholic church, fireworks, other topics of interest
in 1956, the Cadillac El Dorado got 18 miles per gallon; in 2006, the Cadillac Escalade got 17 mpg. Progress for the oil companies. I believe it’s a sin and a shame that the Catholic church — meaning the Vatican, which sits on billions of dollars in gold, art works and the largest collection of […]
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Why do we shrink at times we should roar?
What in God’s name is wrong with us? Is it our upbringing, our ignorance or just our human frailty that propels us to shrink in the moments we should roar? History is filled with stories of people committing heinous acts while others looked on. Examples range from the collective, such as the 6 million Jews […]
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OUTDOORS: IIt’s either feast or famine when it comes to deer herd
The stories statewide the past two years about the harsh winters of 2008 and 2009 and the toll those aberrations in weather took on the deer herd are starting to play out at tagging stations.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: They’re going to eat horses, aren’t they?
Americans love their horses, both real and fictional. Not long ago, a book about a beloved Depression-era racehorse, Seabiscuit, became a bestseller and an Oscar nominee for best picture.
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DOT officials outline road safety fixes for HIlton Hill residents
SKOWHEGAN — Installing radar, moving guardrails and applying tire-gripping material for better traction on roadways all were part of a fix presented Friday by state highway officials to Hilton Hill Road residents who fear the new intersection at state Route 150 is unsafe.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Shooting deaths can be avoided
During the 1950s when hunters routinely wore black-and-red or black-and-green plaids, hunting fatalities took upwards to 19 lives per year in Maine alone — a terrific carnage compared to today.
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Heating aid cuts could be devestating
AUGUSTA — The average projected payment through a federal program helping low-income Mainers heat their homes isn’t expected to be enough to buy even 100 gallons of heating oil this winter. That’s alarming to a coalition of local officials who met Friday to plan ways of assisting the region’s most vulnerable at a time of climbing energy costs.
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HUNTING: Theories abound on peak rut dates
Peak rut. The phrase quickens the pace of every serious deer hunter. When word goes out that “it’s on,” it’s time to drop everything and be in the woods. If we only knew what triggers it, we might be able to plan a little ahead.