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The price of life in Warren, Maine
By Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos - Apr 26How much is a human life worth in Warren, Maine? According to four of the five selectmen in Warren, not much. At the most recent board of selectmen...
Lance Armstrong and teaching students the meaning of integrity
By Joseph W. Gauld, ... - Apr 11Introduction by Publisher Reade Brower: Reading about a local student being choked in school is just plain disheartening and extremely sad. While ...
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Journalists should focus on bad guys
By David Trahan - Mar 01Some within the media have wrapped themselves in the flag of the Freedom of Access law. They are rallying to oppose legislation proposed by the ...
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Slow and steady will win the race
By Reade Brower - Oct 25I offer this after the second political debate, but before the third presidential debate, which you’ve now watched and the pundits have now told ...
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Brain research and RSU 13
By Loren Andrews - Oct 18No, we're not doing brain research at Regional School Unit 13. But there is a connection. The connection is that brain research can tell us a lot ...
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View from the schools
By Lew Collins - Oct 06This is the first of several columns I hope to write about public education in general and Regional School Unit 13 schools in particular. As the ...
Oceanside West focuses on academic improvement
By Larry Schooley, ... - Aug 16The failure rates at Oceanside West High School have received some attention in the news recently.I certainly appreciate the interest and the ...
Governor should act like a leader, not a bully
By Michael McGuire - Jul 27OK, that’s it! As my late father used to say, it’s time to zip your lips. It is time to stop the name-calling. Stop the bully posturing. Start ...
Just itchin’ to get better
By Michael McGuire - Jul 06For a long time, I earned my keep as a reporter by paying extremely close attention to details. Seven years out of the news business, and I still ...
Go for the gusto, but be happy
By Michael McGuire - Jun 21It was almost 3 a.m. A hypnotist had just completed his act and the audience was still laughing about the antics of some of their friends. It was ...
Forever changed
By Irene Maxcy - Apr 25On Sept. 11, 2001, I was forever changed. On April 15, 2013, I was once again forever changed. We dropped Jessie, our middle child off at Pratt in ...
Three reasons to see a registered dietician
By Marcia Kyle - Mar 22March is National Nutrition Month and 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of this nutrition and education campaign to focus attention on the importance...
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Bad politics, bad process
By Brian Jones - Mar 01There’s been a lot of concern, confusion, and rhetoric about LD 576, “Resolve, To Protect Concealed Handgun Permit Information on a Temporary ...
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Democrats, Republicans must condemn deceptive mailers
By David Trahan - Oct 19“Is there no honor among men” is a phrase I repeated often in my 11 years of elected office. Many times I watched otherwise good people justify ...
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Politics and the facts
By Reade Brower - Oct 11"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." — Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918). I offer the above ...
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Excellence Always
By Wade C. Johnson - Sep 13Dear members of our community:Since I arrived at Pen Bay Healthcare a short seven months ago, I've spent a lot of time in the community listening ...
Take it outside
By Donna Ames, RN, Zing! ... - Aug 03Summer is here and the weather is great! Now is the time to take it outside! Here’s some advice from the folks at Let’s Go 5-2-1-0! about why it ...
Enjoy yoga, safely
By Joseph Scordino, MD, ... - Jul 06Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India, that involves a series of stretching, posing and breathing ...
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Point — counterpoint: Voting in Waldoboro
By Rebecca Maxwell and ... - Jul 02Support for traditional town meeting, By Rebecca Maxwell I think voting should be done by open town meeting so that if there are questions people ...
Land for Maine’s Future program continues to evolve
By David Trahan - Jun 14Next year I will turn 50 years old, eek! In that half century, much of the land ownership in Maine has changed dramatically. Paper companies once ...
