United Way awards funds; calls for additional applications
2019
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Clubs
Legion BUCKFIELD — Buckfield American Legion is seeking local veterans to join the post at no cost. The Post will pay the first year dues for those interested in becoming a member to learn what the Legion is all about. A magazine and free insurance are part of the package. FMI call Jim Lowell, commander, […]
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This N That
TOPS NORWAY — TOPS meets Tuesdays in the Association Hall at Town & Country Mobile Home Village, 99 Town & Country Drive, Norway. Weigh-in is from 4-4:45 p.m. and the meeting is from 5-6 p.m. Yearly membership is $32 and monthly dues are $5 which includes a bimonthly magazine subscription to TOPS News. TOPS is […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ellen Field: Allow debate about gun violence
The Mother Jones Mass Shooting Database shows that from 1982-1990 the U.S. had a total of nine mass shootings; from 1991-2000, 23; from 2001-2010, 20; and from 2011-2019, 64 mass shootings. Americans died in synagogues, churches, schools, nightclubs, factories, Walmarts, bars, warehouses, hospitals and on military bases. A 14-year-old just killed his entire family in […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Looking for love in the online snake pit
Some scandals reported as shocking are shocking for reasons other than those implied in the coverage. One would be the online scam that bilked millions from businesses, the elderly and women looking for romance. Federal prosecutors say this is one of the biggest online swindles in U.S. history. The fraud centered mainly on Nigerian nationals […]
Posted inOpinion
MaineToday Media editorial: All schools have a duty to confront racism
Edward Little High School in Auburn, subject of a recent Boston Globe Magazine article, is by no means the only school struggling to help students amid an uptick in racial tension.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Stacy Coolidge: Fix the crossing lights near CMMC
I live in Lewiston and have for many years. It seems like, every year, drivers are in more of a hurry and are distracted more then ever. There have been so many accidents with motorcycles, cars and people just trying to cross the street. That is where my question comes in. How come the city […]
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Craig MacMillan: It’s the person, not the tool
I loved the opinion page cartoon (Aug. 8) depicting the little demon with wings and barbed tail in the gun shop with the gun in his hands and the clerk calling 911. The cartoonist finally labeled the person “EVIL” instead of the inanimate object he is holding. It is the person, not the tool, that […]
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Robert Samuelson: Has America lost its economic dynamism?
WASHINGTON — At this point in time, the American economy — the source of jobs for almost all of us — is full of promise and peril. It is hard not to be impressed with its job-creation capacity. Since the low point of the 2007-09 Great Recession, payroll employment has increased by 21.7 million jobs, […]
Posted inEncore
Lake Region Community Chorus seeks singers for winter session
The first rehearsal will be held Monday, Sept. 9, in Twitchell Chapel, Bridgton Academy, North Bridgton.