I want to respond to the op-ed piece about Gov. Paul LePage, posted April 4, by eight of his Republican colleagues in the Senate.
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Savvy caregiver training planned
WATERVILLE — Spectrum Generations Family Caregiver Support Program will provide Maine Savvy Caregiver trainings this spring and summer. The 12-hour training program is for family caregivers of individuals with dementing disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. These trainings are sponsored by the Office of Elder Services, Department of Health and Human Services and funded by a grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging.
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Prescription drug drop-off set for April 30
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Carrabassett Valley Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will host a prescription drug take-back program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 at the police department, located at Sugarloaf Mountain. The purpose of this program is to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
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Medical Examiner IDs fire victims
The cremated remains of Rosalina Zamora, one of three people who died March 13 in a fire in Unity Township, will be flown home to her native Philippines on Monday, her surviving son-in-law said Tuesday.
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LePage’s actions reminds of a poster seen years ago
Paul LePage reminds me of a poster I saw years ago that said: “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no class.” John Bolduc Hubbardston, Mass. (Waterville native)
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Manners, respect two qualities LePage needs
Inquiring minds find it very interesting that Paul LePage is so anti-union, when, as a former Scott Paper Co. employee, the union played a major part in his life. Scott Paper Company was a union mill. If, by chance, LePage was management, he still benefited from the mill’s union employees. It would have been the […]
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Pruning workshop planned for April 30
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Franklin County will offer a pruning workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. April 30 at University of Maine at Farmington, Robert’s Learning Center, 270 Main St. The class will be held rain or shine. Pre-registration is required; to register, or for more information, call 778-4650 or 800-287-1478. A $10 fee is payable the day of the class.
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16-year-old charged in SUV rollover
WINSLOW — A newly licensed teenager was charged Tuesday with driving to endanger and issued a ticket, a day after the SUV he was driving veered off Garland Road and rolled over three times.
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MAINE COMPASS: GOP senators’ column ‘smacks of effort to preserve political careers’
I want to respond to the op-ed piece about Gov. Paul LePage, posted April 4, by eight of his Republican colleagues in the Senate.
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American Civil War event set for Friday
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Archives will present “Saving the Union: The Call for Volunteers,” at the Augusta Civic Center to commemorate Maine’s entry into the Civil War. The event begins at 1 p.m. Friday and is free and open to the public.