Audubon program on state of birds FARMINGTON — A Western Maine Audubon program, “State of the Birds,” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, in Room C 23, Roberts Learning Center, University of Maine at Farmington. Bird populations in Maine are constantly changing. A total of 445 species have been recorded in Maine; […]
June 2014
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New Auburn Senior Citizens AUBURN — The New Auburn Senior Citizens will meet at noon, Wednesday, June 4, followed by light lunch and bingo. The group meets at Sacred Heart Church on Western Avenue. An elevator is available. The next dinner will be Wednesday, June 18. The meal will be KFC for $5, followed by […]
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River Valley agenda
Tuesday Dixfield: RSU 10 districtwide budget vote, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors: 7 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Region 9 School of Applied Technology board, 6:30 p.m., River Road school Rumford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Municipal Building conference room Thursday […]
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David Sirota: There is big money behind merger proposal
There are plenty of reasons to worry about the proposal to combine Comcast, America’s largest cable and broadband company, with Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable firm and third-largest broadband provider. For one, there’s ever more consolidated control over content. There’s also the possibility of certain types of content being given special (or worse) treatment […]
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Volunteers needed to help restore Moon Valley
HARRISON — Volunteers are needed to plant 1,800 trees and shrubs in Moon Valley. The Western Foothills Land Trust purchased the 14-acre retired sand pit, known as Moon Valley, in 2013 with financial support from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program. The trust is now attempting to restore the land to its natural vegetation. Volunteers […]
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Household Hazardous Waste collection is June 7
MEXICO — The River Valley area will hold their annual Household Hazardous Waste collection event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7. All those household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and garages for many years can be brought to the event at the Region 9 parking lot on […]
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Lewiston briefing highlights lack of resources for human trafficking victims
LEWISTON — Police and prosecutors on Monday bemoaned a lack of resources to help victims of human trafficking in Maine. Two police officers, two county prosecutors and a state lawmaker comprised a panel invited to speak at City Hall in front of the Maine State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Two […]
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Correction: Auburn School Committee meeting at Park Avenue School
AUBURN — A schedule published on Page B1 of Monday’s City edition should have said the Auburn School Committee’s Wednesday, June 4, meeting is at Park Avenue School.
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T.Carter: A hard-working Mainer
I feel that Democrats need to nominate Troy Jackson as the candidate for the 2nd Congressional District House seat. He is the one who can win against either of the Republican candidates. People should not fooled by all the fliers and TV commercials. Those are paid for by large sums of Wall Street dollars and […]
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M. Lavoie: Understands the art of compromise
From a song by the Rollings Stones, “you can’t always get what you want, but if you try, sometime you find you get what you need.” Kevin Raye is a Republican. I am a Democrat, so I won’t be voting for him in the upcoming primary. If, in the general election, my candidate does not […]