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By Dale Hayward - Apr 20
What a sorry mess this City is in.
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By Dale Hayward - Apr 20
I went to the dump and took 11 bottles from the recyclables was chastised by the employees then to clear myself I went to City Hall and paid the ...
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By Jerry S Malcolm - Apr 20
It is obvious that the bids for the new library would have been under budget if the decision had been to build it at the site of the former ...
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By Louisa Enright - Apr 20
It might be useful to read a history of the measles vaccine:
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And yes, it has valid citations included.
Additionally, demonizing parents who ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 20
All of our problems would evaporate if we lived up to this:
John 13:34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
34 I give you a new commandment, that ...
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By Patricia Edith Kaplan - Apr 19
There's more to the story: ~
And let's please recognize addiction in whatever form it takes; heroin, alcohol, over-eating, etc, are only symptomati...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 19
Appreciate you sharing your own experiences, David. Sorry about the car. Thankful Dad taught me to accept responsibility when wrong, pay the price ...
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By Susan Reider - Apr 19
Dave, I lived within the 3-mile radius of Three Mike Island at the time of the accident. I totally agree with you that nuclear power should not ...
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By warren autu service - Apr 18
I wonder which tow service cleared the DEBRIS field so the fine motoring public could travel safely?? I thank you for your diligence and skill.
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By Dale Hayward - Apr 18
Oh Mary you are so clever. Every town is your domain.
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By Dayna D Small - Apr 18
The town should do what it needs to do to be able to perform needed maintenance and for emergency vehicles to be able to use the road should the ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 17
Private domain is law as I understand it. Private roads prevail most of the time and I question why the town is taking it by eminent domain?????
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By Tom Mellor - Apr 17
Leone was a dedicated and well-liked SAD 5 colleague. She took a large role in starting the first Sustained Silent Reading program at the then ...
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By Ragna Weaver - Apr 16
R.I.P. Mary you will be missed.
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By Kendall Merriam - Apr 16
Wakefield's "study" was initially published in a reputable, peer-reviewed British medical journal until his flawed "research" was discovered, ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 16
Great pictures, thanks Beth!
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 16
Good luck Arnold, you have served well!
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By Katie Drinkwater - Apr 16
Posted by Dee U. I've been using reusable bags for nearly 30 yrs and it's easy to do...once you train your brain to remember the bags. Put them ...
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By Kevin Riley - Apr 16
Andrew Wakefield wasn't even trained in immunology he trained in gastric medicine.
His study was of only 12 children with similar gastric symptoms....
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By Louisa Enright - Apr 16
Kathy, respectfully, the study you cite is an epidemiological study. It is NOT bench science at the cellular level. What needs to be done now is ...
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By Judy Olson - Apr 16
Thank you, Jeff Evangelos.
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 15
The point I was trying to make was there are two sides to every pancake. Both sides are corrupt, however it is the source you gather the informatio...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 15
Reade Brower, barefoot and not pregnant I hope...good work!
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 15
Well the good new is, without corruption in politics we would not have any news to read, perhaps....
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 15
Usual, Great pictures Beth!
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By Kevin Riley - Apr 15
Louisa,
No links, sources or bibliography to support what you have posted.
Then there is this.
“Measles, for instance, has not been a killer in ...
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By Louisa Enright - Apr 15
The vaccine issue is big and messy. And mainstream media is only printing one side of it. There needs to be a fact-based discussion of this issue ...
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By Kendall Merriam - Apr 14
Congratulations Tyler! Too bad The Courier couldn't make an exception this time and you could collect your prize.
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 14
"If we are to persuade others to adopt our vision, we must live that vision in such a way, with such humility and integrity, that they cannot help ...
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By Gerald A Weinand - Apr 14
Actually Dale, while personal income tax revenues did increase in FY2018, overall tax revenues were down compared to the previous three years.Corpo...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 14
For once, Dale, we agree. If we can't trust science then where do we go for reliable information. Are the anti-vaxxers going to give up other ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 13
Judy, you are remembered and also your family. Hope was a good place to grow up and I am so glad you found a career and friendship. I remember the ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 13
Getting your figures from Fox Fantasy News again, Dale? Or have you decided to go the "trump" route and just write anything you want to be true. ...
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By Dale E. Landrith Sr. - Apr 13
Ron, there you go again. Check out the tax revenue since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect and you will see that tax revenue has sky ...
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By ROBERT W. KNAPP - Apr 13
Yes, we have climate and we have change. Thanks be to God who oversees the ebb and flow of his wonders-not politicians, activists and fear mongers.
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By Kendall Merriam - Apr 13
Miramant is only representing the anti-vaxxers - not all his constituents - and seems to be a fan of junk science.
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By Lucinda Lang - Apr 13
Herbicides are pesticides and all insecticides are made to kill. Round Up and all pesticides are poison. There are volumes of research substantiati...
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By Ananur Forma - Apr 13
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Monsanto has been “proven” in courts to be a cancer causing agent. There are many lawsuits against Monsanto because of roundup causing ...
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By David Franclemont - Apr 13
I met Judy when she was a nurse at the old Rockland Hospital. She was a very caring person & a wonderful friend. RIP Judy. You will be missed by ...
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By TINA LAVIE - Apr 12
There should be widespread city support for an ordinance regulating the use of synthetic pesticides in the city. There is sufficient evidence that ...
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By Arvilla P Collins - Apr 12
Doug was a wonderful companion for many years to my niece Geraldine "Deno" and was always so kind to my sister Helen Wall, Geraldine's mother. He ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 12
We never know what the other person had for trauma that caused them to feel unsafe to hug. Have found that if I am respectful they may be able to ...
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By Reade Brower - Apr 12
Being a no-judgment zone is important. Shaming - NEVER okay. Learning - ALWAYS okay. "Pouty Faces", wherever you are; may you all seize this and ...
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By Kevin Riley - Apr 12
"the elimination of air travel, the combustion engine, and the elimination of cattle to prevent flatulating"
Amazing June/Jan, everything you ...
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By JUNE DOLCATER - Apr 12
Take a deep drag on your 'reefer' and describe how the elimination of air travel, the combustion engine, and the elimination of cattle to prevent ...
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By Valerie Wass - Apr 12
Just curious to know if Ken & Jen Chipman are transplants from another State?
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By Wayne Keiderling - Apr 12
A BIG THANK YOU DAGNEY, FOR THE GREAT COVERAGE OF OUR TUES NIGHT THOMASTON MUSIC JAMS.
YOU WERE ALWAYS SO WILLING TO SUPPORT US ON OUR MUSIC ...
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By Ron Pendleton - Apr 12
<insert meme of Morgan Freeman pointing up saying "He's right you know">
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By Robert M Rosenberg - Apr 12
Excellent
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 11
How about some present day comparisons, Ralph. Turn's out the Republicans have little to offer.
"Four pharmaceutical companies — Johnson & ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 11
Wow! Glad no one was hurt....
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By Jeff Sukeforth - Apr 11
Nice to know our $30 million and counting is going strong.
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 11
Don't forget that cigarettes, beer and drugs are purchased before health care! Who are we to dictate where someone else spends their money? How ...
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 10
Yes Ron, it makes sense to give the fixed income more money. How would that be calculated? The increase currently is calculated from last years ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 10
My prediction is just the opposite. He was caught, will pay the penalty, learn the lesson and go on to a productive life. The criminal justice ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 10
This is his beginning of a long criminal career, I predict. Sadly!
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 10
For example.......A hardware store pays a high school kid to stock shelves. If the student wage goes up, the price of the nuts or bolts rise to ...
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 10
Was that a yes or a no, to harm the fixed income bracket? The "big bad corporations" or so called, are far out numbered by small businesses that ...
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By Judy Olson - Apr 10
Mr. Blastow seems a little intolerant of the Selectmen. Transparency shouldn't create such negativity.
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By Katie Drinkwater - Apr 10
Very good point Stephen Carol. Happens more than we realize!___Dee U.
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By Katie Drinkwater - Apr 10
Congratulations young man! Well done.____Dee U.
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By Dave Aho - Apr 10
We are so grateful for the coaches leadership of these boys. The team's unselfishness and togetherness was very evident on and off the court. ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 10
What a legacy this gentleman left to the world!! WOW!!"Mark was such a kind and giving man that he would give away his most precious things, (to ...
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 09
Do we increase the fixed income pay as well or just make them suffer from the increase in prices?
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 09
I am proud that people still stand up for their rights.
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By George Terrien - Apr 09
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding, Valli, but if one councillor "sought to postpone a preliminary vote...to hear more about the waterfront ...
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By George Terrien - Apr 09
Why do we continue to think that we must often push decisions through before the review and adoption of long-overdue planning, especially planning ...
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By Gerald A Weinand - Apr 09
One clarification to the story: the Waterfront Master Plan is not "in place" - it has not yet been adopted by the Council. There is to be a ...
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By Ronald Murray - Apr 09
A friend that always smiled. Fellow hunter and neighbor. We will miss you Doug! RIP
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By Francis Mazzeo, Jr. - Apr 09
People have resided in that area before and survived. Do we really need input from a Camden resident that only comes to Rockland for work ? I ...
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By Lawrence Edward Galkowski - Apr 09
Maine enslaves men . Why wouldn't a former spouse, post divorce, believe support was theirs to give or not? Unfortunately for me too I live in a ...
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By Ananur Forma - Apr 08
Yes, Gerald...I'd be "happy" to help with clean up where it's needed.
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 08
Could the court electronically deduct the payment from his bank account? Funny how logic goes when men feel the support is his to give or not.
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 08
"Socialism isn't fundamentally about public ownership of private resources. It is about collective action in pursuit of common goals, where ...
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By Alison S McKellar - Apr 08
Oh this is just perfect! I laughed out loud so many times. I too am the crazy lady yelling at the wind in my pajamas in the driveway.
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By Joseph Steinberger - Apr 08
Steve Betts (with help from a gripping photo from the CDC) makes an excellent case for vaccination. I agree that parents should vaccinate their ...
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By Heidi Ruth Locke - Apr 08
There is no excuse (except for real medical reasons), why every other child is not vaccinated!! They shouldn't be allowed in Public school-PERIOD! ...
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By Barry Douglas Morse - Apr 07
It is interesting that this debate is taking place in a state that the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2017, included in a list of the ten US ...
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By Stephen K Carroll - Apr 07
History has shown us mandatory vaccinations are the most efficient way to safeguard our society from mass outbreaks of infectious diseases. In the ...
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By Leslie Lavender - Apr 07
Ronald, there are probably some costs that aren't dependent on the length/time of the run such as the upkeep of the vessel, labor, licenses, etc. ...
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By Robin Milliken - Apr 07
I am sorry, but when I was a child if you had a low grade fever we were ok in school
but had to be vaccinated to get into school
Now if a
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By Dale Hayward - Apr 20
I went to the dump and took 11 bottles from the recyclables was chastised by the employees then to clear myself I went to City Hall and paid the ...
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By Dale Hayward - Apr 20
Why no names?
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By Louisa Enright - Apr 20
Here is a vaccine assessment from an immunologist with outstanding credentials:
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By Linda Hillgrove - Apr 20
W.T. Grant's department store preceded Penney's. They had a fast food counter with stools as well. Have a movie of husband and toddler (now 51 ...
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By JUNE DOLCATER - Apr 19
Excellent message, Dale. He has risen indeed !
Jan Dolcater, Rockport
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By Kathryn Severns Avery - Apr 19
When my husband and I purchased a house on Mechanic Street directly across from Kerri Post's house in 2014 we met a vibrant, spunky woman who ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 19
Parents had a cottage right next door with an outhouse, no electricity. Dad said, "We have a $500.00 cottage with a million dollar view.". The ...
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By Christopher Allen - Apr 18
Thomas Jefferson was in France during the Constitutional Convention, serving as US Ambassador. He neither wrote nor signed the US Constitution. ...
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By David Cockey - Apr 18
How do the residents of Rockport want the site of the former Rockport Elementary School to be used? One might think that is the objective of an ...
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By Dale Hayward - Apr 18
Nice place for a library, ha ha ha ha ha.
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By Gerald A Weinand - Apr 17
Curious - did either Oceanside team take advantage of the Pitch in Warren for practices? There has been a softball team every Sunday morning there ...
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By Linnea Ledwith - Apr 17
The point of this article is unclear and all over the place. It loses focus when it diverts to enabling one-sided and inflammatory accusations of ...
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By Anne Boden - Apr 16
Hope was one of the most interesting, congenial, fun, worldly people we have ever known, we met her in Switzerland and our paths crossed again in ...
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By Tom Resek - Apr 16
My name is Tom Resek and I live on Rawson Ave. I was a member of the Tannery Work Group and I am currently the Chairperson of the "Friends of ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 16
So sorry to read this. Jackie, Dan will be remembered, as will the late Colonel Wilson by "old" Hope residents.
Mary "Mickey" (Brown) McKeever........
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 16
A good slate and especially good luck to my friend Pat Hubbard who is very astute in town matters. Good luck to all!
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 16
This is a Maine problem and as such all Mainers should have input. The Islanders are our neighbors and should be helped as any other residential ...
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By Jill Valliere - Apr 16
I am shocked to read an article that allows such a dispariging picture of two good people, based on a one sided account of a very complex situation...
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By Kevin Riley - Apr 16
First off who's Kathy.
Second Wakefield has not been vindicated not by a long shot.
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I find no credible source that says as such.
Third ...
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By Edward Myers - Apr 16
We are sorry for the loss of your son Chris. Our deepest sympathy to you, John and family during this difficult time. Ed and Suzanne Myers
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By Ron Hawkes - Apr 16
The worst part of the plastic bag ban is remembering to take your grocery bags with you when you leave the house. Hannaford sells a bag at the ...
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By Mary Perry - Apr 15
Rockland is a city not a town.
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 15
Well, we have partridges here in AZ and I can tell that is indeed a partridge, but cannot confirm it in a pear tree!
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 15
I feel sorry for the stores who are caught flat-footed. Now this will pass and environmentally friendly will win out. I for one think this is good ...
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By Elizabeth Ignaszak - Apr 15
Is the intent of this story to educate the public on the potential harm caused by Roundup? The headline is certainly sensational – Rockland Woman ...
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By Melinda Lindsey - Apr 15
What about Bruins play-off games?? Not interested in the others.
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By Lucinda Lang - Apr 15
Hello Tom Seymour, Thank you for all of your columns. Your suggestions to plant native plants is terrific. Home gardeners and landscapers can ...
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By Donald Herrick - Apr 14
so you wont be able to let a bunch of balloons go any more? what about fireworks, this is becoming insane
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 14
Well here in AZ I attend the United Methodist Church. They include all. All are welcome as it should be in a church of God! When they announced it ...
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By Wayne Keiderling - Apr 14
THE QUESTION BY VALERIE WASS ON APRIL 12,TH. QUOTE; ARE THE CHIPMANS FROM ANOTHER OF STATE?
THIS IS A SMALL MINDED QUESTION AND COMES FROM VERY ...
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By Donald Herrick - Apr 13
google the national debt clock this isn't fiction
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 13
I agree with Mr. Landrith. When our government continually spreads false propaganda it is difficult to know what is true and how much is just ...
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By Francis Mazzeo, Jr. - Apr 13
If Roundup is illegal to use in the State of Maine then why are all of the stores still selling it? If it isn't safe on public property then it ...
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By Dale E. Landrith Sr. - Apr 13
I have stated publicly in an article in these newspapers that our children were vaccinated and I think that is the best choice. However, I do not ...
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By Kenneth W Hall - Apr 13
Does it create corruption when one reads and quotes one sided publications? Seems jilted to believe that only one side is right and the other is ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 13
The damage of these industrial toxins goes deeper than most people realize.
"If, as Cicero said, your face tells the story of your mind, your ...
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By Leslie Lavender - Apr 13
Reade, thanks for your comment. Richard.....I don't believe all non-huggers feel unsafe. For me, it just makes me uncomfortable to be hugged by ...
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By Glen Douglas Miller - Apr 13
Mr. Betts....pesticide? Or herbicide? Not the same thing.
Also, she was exposed in the spring, but had stage 4 lung cancer by fall? That's pretty ...
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By Kendall Merriam - Apr 12
Excellent op-ed piece with research-based data on vaccines by Karin Leuthy. A voice of sanity in the anti-vaxxer wilderness. Dave Mirmant should ...
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By Jenna Light Lookner - Apr 12
I was two towns behind with the number 53! The Waldo County town of Troy became the 54th Maine town to enact food sovereignty a couple weeks ago! :)
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 12
" According to a new report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, more than 47,000 bridges in the U.S. are in poor ...
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By Domenic Ruccio - Apr 12
You do know, don't you, that the expression "reefer" went out of usage in about 1953? You know that, right? Because if you didn't know that it ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 12
Times change and the young go off to college and such. Whether there is a work ethic experience or not. The old days the young raked blueberries ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 12
Keeping Camden unique and small town-ish will preserve the historical history and quaintness. Kudos to the leaders who strive to preserve this ...
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By Leslie Lavender - Apr 12
Several years ago, shortly after the death of my first husband (when I was still pretty shook from his sudden demise yet trying not to withdraw ...
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By Sandra Schramm - Apr 12
Finally. Thank you Knox County for all you are doing to address addiction. So many deaths, imprisonments and broken families have plagued our ...
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By Debra Damon - Apr 12
Thank you Tim Carroll for understanding that "Addicts" and "Druggies" are not a waste to our society. They want to change but with no help they ...
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By Robert M Rosenberg - Apr 12
A really nice person. My sympathies go out to his family
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By Douglas E Collins - Apr 11
It is refreshing to hear that one of our elected officials are asking questions. Not only is it their right it is their job. Beverly, please keep ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 11
So sad to see society lose out from the Grange experience and home town camaraderie. I remember Hope Grange with active members and who did so ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 11
Unfortunately, Ken, CEOs rarely reap the consequences of their actions, or lack there of. They have the system rigged before they ever take over ...
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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Apr 11
PHEW! Someone had courage to tackle this thorny subject head on. Why am I not surprised that it was Reade? My prayer partner and I are "Holy ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 11
Making predictions is always tricky, Ken. Ask any farmer how next year is going to turn out. The element of the unexpected is always there whether ...
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By Ragna Weaver - Apr 10
My husband and I met Bob over 45 years ago. Such a wonderful, gentle, man. R.I.P. Bob
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 10
Kudos for trying to keep environmental open spaces and a reasonable combination of Offices, Retail and other commercial uses.
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 10
Wouldn't it make sense to increase the "fixed income," Ken? It's called a "cost of living" increase. And if the minimum wage is increased wouldn't ...
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By Jeff Sukeforth - Apr 10
Congratulations Post 37!
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By Judy Olson - Apr 10
order the ex-wife to obtain the policy on her ex-husband---she would be the owner of the policy and designate the children as the beneficiaries. ...
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By Jay Feyler - Apr 10
Thank you to all our local Fire Departments who responded, they may not all be listed in the story but these were the ones I was aware of. It is a ...
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By Don Dickinson - Apr 10
This whole project has been a fiasco from the beginning. Isn't it the Project Manager's responsibility to oversee the work and that it is done ...
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By Stephen K Carroll - Apr 10
One of the advantages of being outspoken on important issues is that your comments are noticed by the real players and they reach out from their ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Apr 10
Ken, if wages in general had kept pace with the increase in prices since the seventies then the minimum wage would be $33 an hour. But wages ...
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By Bradley Ketcher - Apr 09
A life well lived.
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By Alan Benner - Apr 09
Ms. Birmingham, please enlighten me (us). If the town has not approved upgrades to land of John Vigue, and John Vigue has not given an easement to ...
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 09
Give 'em hell Pete!
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By Valli Genevieve Geiger - Apr 09
There seems to be a misunderstanding of the City Council process for reviewing a request for zoning change. The process for considering a proposal ...
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By George Terrien - Apr 09
I very much hope that we can all get behind the truths that support this proposal by Rep. Beebe-Center.
Yet, many of us may still oppose the bill, ...
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By Stephen K Carroll - Apr 09
Mary Beth did you miss the last board meeting ? Ohara's stands to reap the benefits of such complex as proposed. The people buying these waterfront...
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By Dayna D Small - Apr 09
If you are married, a court cannot order that you have a life insurance policy; why should it be able to require a life insurance policy just ...
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By Francis Mazzeo, Jr. - Apr 09
Nobody broke into places back in your youth, Mary. Believe it or not many people still work for a living, it just isn't reported in the news.
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By Ron Hawkes - Apr 08
I would, I would even suggest that anyone interested in doing this in Rockland, go help with the Camden one and learn from those with experience ...
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By Gerald A Weinand - Apr 08
Residents of Rockland - is there any interest in starting a similar Spring event here?
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By Mary A McKeever - Apr 08
Times are changing and break-ins replace working for a living. I wonder how the future will look with such problems.
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By Kendall Merriam - Apr 08
Interesting surname given the situation...
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By Debra J Hall - Apr 08
We need to apply critical thinking -- how to distinguish fact from opinion in what we read. When medical professionals are telling us there is no ...
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By Laurel E Taylor - Apr 08
I feel sorry for all the kids that are not vaccinated, too bad that their parents don't love them enough to protect them. I would call that abuse, ...
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By Donald Herrick - Apr 07
this is a dangerous step a business has to turn a profit to survive government will just raise taxes
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By Don Dickinson - Apr 07
I would assume that the northbound lane on South Main St. will be closed because that's the side of the road the sewer lines are on.
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By Stephen K Carroll - Apr 07
When ever I have needed excavation work done, contractors have continually told me "OH we work year round, especially in the shoulder seasons". It ...
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By Ronald Murray - Apr 07
One would think that the shortest run would be the lowest on the fees. Perhaps an outside study would change some of the fees and make them more ...
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By James York - Apr 07
Long Live Radio still free still fun
