JUDY MOODY IN A MONDAY MOOD by Megan McDonald Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Do you have something in common with 3rd Grader, Judy Moody? If you do not like Mondays because they are the start of the school week, do not like green zucchini pancakes for breakfast but DO LIKE popping bubble wrap, then […]
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Word of the week
Autumn The season between summer and winter. I love autumn because it is not hot like summer or cold like winter and it is so pretty!
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County fair blue ribbons and the changing of seasons
And just like that, summer collapsed into fall. – Oscar Wilde It would be honest to say that Oscar Wilde’s words regarding fall are nearly my favorite way to describe how I feel about this particular change of the season. The others seem to be gradual, but it feels like summer, all at once, […]
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Woodstock’s EMT First Responder Program ends
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock First Responder Program, established 10 years ago, will be terminated next month due to lack of local EMT personnel, according to town officials. The program, operated under the Woodstock Fire Department, has provided initial medical care in that town before PACE Ambulance could arrive. In addition to the staffing problem, now […]
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Book review
We are Inevitable By Gayle Forman In We are Inevitable, you meet a family grieving the loss of Sandy when he gives in to his addictions. Left behind are his parents and younger brother, Aaron. After spending all their money trying to help him get clean, they are now left coping with his death. […]
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English social justice French justice sociale Spanish Justicia social Italian giustizia sociale German soziale Gerechtigkeit Arabic aleadalat al’iijtimaeia العدالة الإجتماعية
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al’arbaein الأربعين
The arabic word ‘al’arbaein or Arbaeen’ (pronounced Arr-ba-een) translates to forty (ie fortieth day). The traditional period of mourning in Islamic culture is forty days. As such, millions of people around the world mark the Day of Arbaeen by remembering the story of Hussain ibn Ali, his family and his companions. Arbaeen is one of the […]
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Fire destroys Village Trading Post in Minot
MINOT — A building housing a store, post office and home was struck by fire Saturday. A post in the Facebook public group “Friends of the Village Trading Post-Minot, Maine,” said: “The Village Trading Post in West Minot, Maine, was destroyed on September 11, 2021. Along with the Trading Post our town also lost the […]
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English immunity French immunité Spanish inmunidad German Immunität Italian immunità Arabic hasana حصانة