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Who's your firefighter: Brandon Allen
Feb 21Brandon Allen Lincolnville Volunteer Fire Age: 36 Occupation: Public Works Department, Town of Thomaston Why did you want to become a firefight...
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The 'think tanking' of Maine and America
By Raymond Ludwig - Feb 20Our Maine state government and its people are experiencing, for the first time, the overwhelming power of an extreme right wing movement in this ...
Rockland recollections: First flight
By Terry Economy - Feb 20I can remember my first airplane ride and I was only six years old, but what a ride it was. The year was 1941. My neighbor on Prescott Street in ...
Economic comments, week ending Feb. 17
By John W. Davidson - Feb 20Economic news was mostly positive for the week. In fact, ISI's Economist Nancy Lazar reported that this has been the 20th successive week of ...
Senomyx's patented chemical flavor enhancers
By Louisa Enright - Feb 19Lee Burdett is a food and health blogger: http://blog.wellfedfamily.net. Her Summer 2011 “Wise Traditions” article, “Senomyx: The Brave New World ...
Fisherman's Moon
By Kendall Merriam - Feb 19The water is cold, briny This time of year Every time of year A life of risk That hardens hands, spirit We love cooking the catch Not really ...
Psssst…hey you! Those flowers are speaking to you
By Lynette Walther - Feb 18Roses are red and violets are blue… and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s a sure bet that a whole lot of roses, and perhaps some ...
The Hardy Family
By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 18We are all familiar with history telling us about James Richards, “Camden’s first settler”, who sailed into Camden harbor on May 8, 1769 with his ...
Editorial Cartoon
By Darryl Smith - Feb 18Editorial cartoon, Feb. 18, 2012.
Governor's weekly radio address
'It all begins with education'
By Gov. Paul LePage - Feb 18The following is text from the governor's Feb. 18, 2012, radio address. To listen, click the MP3 link below. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of ...
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Need-to-know basis
Feb 17The country: Iraq. The topic: Reconstruction. The issues: Waste and corruption. The speaker: Peter Van Buren. The host for the talk: Mid-Coast ...
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What they write about
By Al Diamon - Feb 17Thanks for coming to my power-point presentation on the Maine Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate prospects. As this first shot shows – oops, that’s an ...
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Baking with Betty
By Betty Heald - Feb 17This week's column is dedicated to Tony and Doris Ann - tried and true friends. Hashbrown Casserole 1 (30 ounce) bag frozen hashbrowns 8 ounces ...
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
By Copyright 2012 by Rob ... - Feb 16PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A sign outside the Apostolic Bible Church in Bathurst, New Brunswick, invited worshipers to meditate on a conundrum: ...
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Letters to the editor
Feb 16Equitable pay raises? This is in response to Commissioner Roger Moody’s letter of Jan. 26 in the local media. Now for the rest of the story: The ...
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Methadone clinic meetings must remain open
Feb 16We understand the past year has been a long, hard one for the Warren Planning Board and many of the other town officials in the wake of the ...
The Reverend Jason Mariner — a 'minister of force'
By Isabel Morse Maresh - Feb 16Jason Mariner was born Nov. 14, 1824 in Lincolnville. He was the next to the youngest son of Deacon Joseph and Abigail (Heal) Mariner. Jason had ...
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How many islands are too many?
By Philip Conkling - Feb 16Andy Warhol famously predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for15 minutes, but now that the future has arrived, it is more like 15 ...
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LiveCell
By Eric Green - Feb 16This is the fifth installment of the novel "LiveCell" by Belfast author Eric Green. You can find the previous installments on VillageSoup.com ...
Watch the Legislature: Major educational changes on docket
By William Shuttleworth - Feb 16Changes in the educational landscape are occurring faster than at any time in Maine’s history. Let’s look at the five major agenda items up for ...
Blogs
Ananur - listening to an internet radio program on UFO's and relating it to the New Moon, Feb 21 in Pisces. Pisces people are more open minded.
By ananur forma - Feb 22I’m listening right now to a 3 hour show on the internet radio about UFO’s. A friend who is a therapist let me know that the show is on the air. ...
SUP Fitness & Racing with Olympian Larry Cain - Thorfinn Expeditions
By Thor Emory - Feb 22There’s no doubt one of the most appealing aspects of stand up paddleboarding is fitness. You can ask just about any “SUPer” why they love the ...
The Ethics of Solitude
By Dr. Rushworth M. Kidder - Feb 21Years ago, as the head of a university honors program, I noticed that a disproportionately large number of honors students were musicians. In one ...
Eligo in Summum Pontificem
By Kit Hayden - Feb 20The title of Cardinal in the Catholic Church was recognized as early as the pontificate of Sylvester I (314-335). It signaled the more important ...
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Ananur is at it again. Talking about the planets astrologically. Ananur loves astrology, the stars, the sky, the sea, and the vastness. Feb 17-29.
By ananur forma - Feb 19February 17-19 the Sun and Neptune are conjunct in Pisces opening you up to discovering and uncovering your psychic awareness. It could be a peak ...
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Work that business muscle
By Dan Bookham - Feb 15Membership in a chamber of commerce is a great investment. For all but the very largest businesses, annual membership dues work out to less than ...
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When the Global Becomes the Local
By Dan Bookham - Feb 13One of the facts of life for those of us who live in a state tucked all the way up in the northeastern corner of the United States is that we ...
You Have a Headache?
By Kit Hayden - Feb 13The February 4 Economist contains an article on the ongoing difficulties that the Chinese are having with the high plains dwellers of Sichuan and ...
Astrology - for Friday February 10 - Thursday February 16 by Ananur
By ananur forma - Feb 13Friday, February 10 Venus is nicely aspecting Jupiter making it an ideal time for a party where beauty and extravagance abound. Relax and enjoy. ...
The enticement of dark in drama and humor
By Tom Von Malder - Feb 12The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit, Blu-ray or 2 standard DVDs, PG-13, 117 min.). We’ve been with the characters for three films, so ...
Discussions
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Trying To Change A Broken System. Why GAL (guardian ad litem) reform is needed now.
By Catherine Cooper - Feb 17My friend is going through a divorce. It has been going on well over a year now. You would think that it taking this long means there are lots of ...
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More Letters From The Front Line 02/14/2012
By Catherine Cooper - Feb 15Just over a month ago, we posted an article describing the plight of a friend of mine who was having trouble with his divorce. Since that posting ...
The Government Oversight Committee. meeting February 24th 2012 at 9:00 am 111 Sewall Street in the Cross Building room 214 in Augusta, ME
By Catherine Cooper - Feb 15A meeting with a non partisan oversight committee to readdress an audit done by OPEGA of guardian ad litems (GALS) that showed problems and issues ...
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Watch what I do, not what I say..
By Robert J. Williams - Feb 14Editorial: Home school / Santorum, not the state, should pay Penn Hills Monday, September 11, 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A righteous Christian ...
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Re: Private ambulance firm seeks to replace four-town department
By Barry King - Feb 22Full disclosure: I am a resident of the town of Appleton and an employee of the Town of Union as a member of the Union Ambulance Service. I also ...
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Re: RSU 13 launches strategic planning process
By Valerie Wass - Feb 21Hasn't this "five year plan" been in the works since SAD 5 changed to RSU 13 way back? Hmmm, kinda makes you think that the heck were they ...
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Re: Charles 'Charlie' Kigel
By Catherine Cooper - Feb 21I read the obituaries particularly of the older folks who pass, with great interest and curiousity. Looking at Mr. Kigel's obituary, as the first ...
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Re: RSU 13 launches strategic planning process
By Susan P Reitman - Feb 21LOTTERY PROCEEDS AND MONEY FOR EDUCATION - I don't know how the lottery was allowed here in Maine but in Virginia we had to vote to allow the ...
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Re: The 'think tanking' of Maine and America
By Ronald Horvath - Feb 21“Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, ...
Member Stories
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Wendt & Hamlin Win 2/22 Bridge
By Tom Tarbox - Feb 22The results of today(22 Feb 12)'s duplicate bridge game of the Knox County DBC are as follows: First, Kay Wendt of Rockport and Shirley Hamlin of ...
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Thank You Historic Inns and Pies on Parade
By Connie Putnam - Feb 22On behalf of the AIO board and on behalf of all the people who come to us for help, we want to commend the Mayor and City Council for recognizing, ...
Masons Hold Spring Early Bird Open House
By Jeff Sukeforth - Feb 21The Rockport Masonic Center will open its doors to the public on Saturday, March 3rd, beginning at 630pm as part of their 2012 Early Bird Open ...
New members at Finnish Church
By Art Jura - Feb 21SOUTH THOMASTON. This Sunday's worship service at the Finnish Congregational Church will include a reception of new members, and the celebration ...
Midcoast Warriors announce High School girls AAU tryouts
By Ron Hawkes - Feb 21Now that high school girls basketball in the Midcoast is done we can hold tryouts for our High School aged teams. We will have tryouts from 6:30 - ...
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