FARMINGTON — Franklin Savings Bank’s Community Development Foundation recently awarded college scholarships to local students. The scholarships are $3,000 each; however, Madison Area Memorial High School split the amount between two students.
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Legislature sets Sept. 27 meeting for redistricting
AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature will hold a special session on Sept. 27 to consider a congressional reapportionment plan, Gov. Paul LePage announced today.
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Farmington District Court
FARMINGTON — The following cases were closed July 7-26, 2011, in Farmington District Court:
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Waterville tavern’s sign exploits women
When is the exploitation of women going to stop? The other day I was driving down Main Street in Waterville, and I happened to notice that the Silver Street Tavern is opened again, which is a good thing for our city. But I would like to know why a sign of a bare-breasted woman is […]
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DENIS THOET: No brave new world in 1984, but we have pieces of both visions
They shall beat their swords into plowshares — and proceed to destroy the earth by plowing, tilling, drenching the ground with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and planting genetically modified crops.
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Starks board approves CMP line improvement
STARKS — It’s unusual for a long stretch of power line to not have an area called a switchyard, which allows parts of the line to be repaired without cutting thousands of customers’ electricity.
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A loving home for fast dogs
AUGUSTA — A couple of decades ago, when the racing careers of greyhound dogs like Dancer, Patch, Tomato and Jimmy came to an end, it often meant their lives did, too.
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OUR OPINION: Trahan should stop straddling SAM-Senate fence
State Sen. David Trahan announced this week that he was going to do the right thing, but he was not going to do it right away.
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Election Day registration helps Maine voting record
It was encouraging to read the Morning Sentinel’s editorial concerning a new law slipped in by the Legislature. This law will prevent new voters from registering to vote on Election Day. Since this new law allows only two working days for election officials to examine the validity of the registrant, no reasonable and productive search […]
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Republicans in Congress hypocrites for votes
After watching the news conference about the debt ceiling (July 25), I have come to the conclusion that the Republicans in Congress are hypocrites. They are blaming President Barack Obama for everything they voted for when President Bush was in office. The Republicans want to make sure that Obama does not get a second term. […]