Specter, a local band from the Turner area, had their first big gig after winning a contest hosted by the band Rocktopus. The contest was posted on the Rocktopus website and right away Specter started working on songs to send in. The contest was to cover a Rocktopus song the best you could. They recorded […]
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Island life
The water crashes up against the side of the ship as we leave the harbor setting sail on the mail carrier to the islands ofcasco Bay Harbor. The 4th and 8th grades of Wales Central School are riding the ship as part of a Maine studies class. We are here to learn about the differences […]
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Saudi leaders playing a deadly game
Raise your right hand if you believe the official Saudi Arabian explanation for how money supposedly sent to an Islamic charity in this country by the wife of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States “unwittingly ” wound up in the hands of two of the 9/11 terrorists. The explanation is that she was surprised […]
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Young at heart of city Fast response
Auburn Mayor Lee Young is serving her last week in office. She has been, without a doubt, the driving force behind the recent downtown revitalization and business development projects across the city.An energetic woman with a ready smile and stern resolve, she has served the city well. But, after three terms, she’s ready to hand […]
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‘Tis the season for patience
As diverse as Americans are, we all can be divided among just two distinct groups: shoppers and non-shoppers.Shopping is a very individual character trait. You either are a shopper or you aren’t. At no time is that more evident than during the rush of the holiday shopping season.If ever there was an occasion for a […]
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Out of the closet, at Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Diversity, as usual, is in the eyes of the beholder.Stanford University, for example, regards itself as the birthplace of campus multiculturalism, midwifed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led a pack of students in 1987 chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western Culture’s got to go.”Diversity was limited then to the usual […]
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True evil
Destroy evil in Iraq. Invite it to Lewiston.OK. So, we were all shocked that terrorists had been among us here in Maine in September of 2001. Well, after all, we didn’t know what terrorists looked like. Had we known, we would have stopped them dead in their tracks.We still don’t know what terrorists look like, […]
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Affordable care
It was with astonishment, absolute astonishment, that I was charged $270 for the dental work my child had done on Nov. 22.During my child’s routine exam earlier in the month I was informed by the hygienist that she had one small cavity (no anesthetic would be required) and another spot that was questionable and might […]
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Generosity
When we were recently asked to chair this year’s Tri-Valley United Way fund-raising drive, we welcomed the chance to play a small role in helping our local United Way meet its most ambitious goal ever — that of raising $400,000. This goal was set in response to the needs of the 25 local United Way […]
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Righteous
The Sun Journal article on Nov. 15 concerning “”Preacher in ‘cutting mood,’”” where Mr. Doug Taylor spoke out against the Harry Potter book, was quite different. Maybe I missed something, or the whole story wasn’t told. I read he is against the books. He cut these books up, is adamantly against anyone having these books […]