In your story, “”Budget battle shapes up for special session,”” a state spending graph was printed showing that, since 1985, the budget has grown from about $1 billion to $2.71 billion. A $240 million shortfall was shown perched atop the highest bar for the coming year. The budget has nearly tripled in only 17 years!Has […]
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Neighbors
I wonder what’s going on in this country. It seems everyone but the Indians came from foreign lands. So why do people feel the Somalis aren’t OK here? I wouldn’t mind having one as a neighbor. I feel I could learn a lot from them.I also see where many people are working, so not many […]
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Eminem struggles in black world
Jimmy is just a poor white boy trying to make it in a black man’s world.To which the black men, some of them anyway, react with unbridled hostility. As depicted in the compelling new movie “8 Mile,” they brand him with names one can’t repeat in a daily newspaper. But for all that, perhaps the […]
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A guaranty to protect our money
There is an American business owner who has cost taxpayers $1 million in unpaid loans.Default might be excused once, or even twice, if the owner fell victim to economic disasters or the market fell under whatever he was peddling. But this particular owner cannot be excused. Neither can the loan guarantor: the Small Business Administration.Of […]
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Halloween fun for students and faculty at ELHS
By Christina Desjardins,Edward Little High SchoolIn order to keep school spirit on the rise, the administration at ELHS encouraged its students to wear their Halloween costumes to school on October 31.Many took part in the School Spirit Day; EL was crawling with scary masks, crazy hair, and colorful costumes. Faculty also joined in, among them, […]
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Meet Ms. Bilodeau
By Ashley Labrie • Sabattus Elementary SchoolMs. Amy Bilodeau is my 8th grade math and science teacher this year. She has also taught eighth grade at Lewiston Middle School and at Wales Central School. She has had the opportunity to teach at the second, fourth, and sixth grade levels. She has very high expectations for […]
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The Book Review
Chicken Soup for the Soul This week I will be writing about the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books. Many people think these are just “mooshy gooshy” stories about cancer and dying. I have read three or four of these books, and I think they are some of the best books I have ever read. […]
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The new St. Dom’s Jazz Band
Since the beginning of October anyone after school at St. Dominic’s senses something different. The floors are shaking from the noise the new jazz band is making at their practices. The word noise suggests lack of harmony though, and that is the exact opposite of the sound this band produces. Even though the ensemble is […]
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Recruiting facts
This is in response to “Speaker criticizes military,” Nov. 10).This is not about being a conscientious objector, a concept I can respect. But, rather, about the statements made by Kevin Ramirez regarding the military, specifically recruiting.He utilized a few cases of unscrupulous people who should have never been in recruiting.I recruited for three years in […]