“My favorite part was going out and seeing what nature really is,” said Noa Tsapis, Harrison Elementary School student.
July 2019
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Police and motorists prepare for ban on handling phones while driving
The state law against holding a cellphone or other device while driving is set to take effect in mid-September.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Honor Flight Maine: Emotional experience for volunteer
“I couldn’t even prepare for what I was going to experience. It was an emotional experience. Those men and women deserve this and more,” Tom Ryan, Oxford firefighter/EMT.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Wandering: Destination
For several years now, I’ve embraced the outdoor opportunities I’ve been permitted to experience and then share with others through writing. There have been tours of remote backcountry on mountain bikes and unaccompanied searches for geocaching treasures. I have soared upside down through the forest on a zip line and attempted to stay right-side up […]
Posted inEncore
Johnson Hall to host SPARK Theater Camp, creation lab and advanced classes
Actor, improvisation master and teacher, Dennis Price will join the Johnson Hall SPARK Theater camp faculty this summer. Price will instruct the Creation Lab and Advanced SPARK classes.
Posted inEncore
MSMT to present for performances of ‘The Three Little Pigs’
Filled with humor, this very curly musical tale will have you squealing with glee and howling with laughter.
Posted inEncore
Tartan Terrors return to perform in Phillips
Tartan Terrors are, indeed, showmen, sprinkling their energetic music with humor, high-kicking Celtic dancing, drum solos and the occasional wail of a bagpipe.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Charles Lane: Public debt reflects political polarization
By Charles Lane The Washington Post Represented as a line graph, historical statistics on the public debt of the United States look like a jagged mountain range. There are peaks where the debt grew to pay for each of the nation’s wars or international conflicts, from the fight for independence to the late Cold War […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Raise the smoking age and then enforce it
The following editorial appears in The Washington Post: Approximately 35 minors become regular smokers every day, with 1 in 3 eventually dying as a result, according to the advocacy group Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. After the Food and Drug Administration cracked down on underage tobacco use over the past few years, lawmakers are finally listening. […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Robert Samuelson: Ambition on display — but what else?
WASHINGTON — What struck me about the first debates among 20 candidates for the Democratic nomination for president was how much they resembled a gaggle of graduate students. All seemed articulate and intelligent. All had a good grasp of the classroom material — in this case, the programs they were advocating or opposing. All were […]