GARDINER — Joselyn Walsh and her 8-year-old Pembroke Welsh corgi, Razzy, stumbled upon fairy houses built on an embankment in a clump of white birch on the new Steamboat Lane Nature Trail.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP: Clough’s hat trick lifts Bears
READFIELD — Hannah Clough scored three goals to lead Maranacook to a 5-0 win against Gardiner in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Confer-ence Class B girls soccer game Friday. Sage Hyland and Kristina Kelly added goals for the Black Bears while Sydney Gilbert and Katelyn MacGregor picked up assists.
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COMMENTARY: Pledging our way to tax reform
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is a one-sentence written commitment by members of the House and Senate to their constituents that they will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase total taxes.
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REDBLUEAMERICA: What does Occupy movement mean?
What is the meaning of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement? For about a month now, protesters have camped out in a park in New York’s financial district, part of an “Occupy Wall Street” movement that has since spread to hundreds of other cities across the nation, including Portland, Maine.
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5 MYTHS Separating facts, fiction about social media
The ever-expanding universe of social-media technologies — including video-sharing, mobile phones and networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter that allow individuals to share and connect — is as ubiquitous as it is misunderstood. Apostles hail its power to oust dictators and bring us together; skeptics worry that it homogenizes our thinking and trivializes our relationships. Let’s separate fact from fiction.
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MAINE COMPASS: Law emphasizes farming’s use of integrated pest management
Maine’s producers have a long tradition of using practical, least-risk farming methods. When it comes to producing our food, organic and conventional farmers alike rely on a wide variety of techniques for stacking the deck in favor of a healthful, pest-free crop.
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Waterville field hockey coach Wilcox running against cancer
If you trace it back far enough, Amie Wilcox says the inspiration came from her parents.
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Morning Sentinel police log: Oct. 15, 2011
SKOWHEGAN — Police responded to a report of gunfire early Friday to find a car’s window shot out.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Rain washes out schedule
A second day of steady rain Friday and the threat of thunderstorms forced the postponement of several high school football games.
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GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Webster’s hat trick leads Waterville
WATERVILLE — Abbie Webster scored three goals to lead Waterville to a 6-1 victory against Lawrence in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A girls soccer Friday.
Sarah Shoulta, Alexa Frame and Lydia Roy also scored for the Purple Panthers, while Frame added two assists.