Why is President Bush so obsessed about the threat of a country like Iraq?The USA has the military might to devastate any country that would be stupid enough to attack us — even Russia with tremendous military might and the means to deliver it wasn’t willing to try it and its leaders could be just […]
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Public safety, service Lost time
For decades adults have warned children not to talk to strangers because we fear kidnappers.Today’s warning are much more complicated because sexual attacks are part of the conversation.In Wilton, educating children about “good strangers” and “bad strangers” has been a longtime project of the police department. For nearly a decade, long before the department instituted […]
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Equality stymies fairness
Equality stymies fairness
Hills are alive
It would be fair to say that a committee that cannot choose a chairman, establish a budget or decide how to defend itself in the face of a lawsuit is failing.The Workers’ Compensation Board is such a committee.Twice in the past two years the board has been sued because it failed to make a decision […]
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Follow your dreams
I’m sure many people live their lives in a fantasy. Always looking back and just wishing. There are also kids and adults who have dreams and goals that he or she wants to accomplish, but always think that they are not “capable” of doing it or just “can’t” do it at all. I believe, that […]
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See you at the polls
By Heidi ElvinEastgate Christian AcademyOn Thursday morning, October 11, our senior class was very fortunate to have attended the Lewiston/Auburn Chamber of commerce meeting at the Ramada Inn. The four gubernatorial candidates were invited to debate issues that our state is presently facing. John Baldacci, unable to attend, communicated by phone from Washington. The audience […]
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Monmouth cross country roundup
By Noel ScottMonmouth AcademyWhat does it take to be a Monmouth Academy X-C runner? It takes guts, pride and knowledge.I’m not a runner, but I have been the manager for four years.Even though our team is half of what we had last year, we are still tough. We have a total of eight girls and […]
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“Stargirl”
By Jerry Spinelli Have you ever met a person who just lights the room up when they walk in? Or they seem to never to be sad or angry? In not, here is a book about one special person and how she changes a small town’s outlook on life. Told from the point-of-view of one […]
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St. Peter and Sacred Heart School Halloween party
On October 27, St. Peter and Sacred Heart’s P.T.O. hosted their annual Halloween Party at the Knights of Columbus Hall,Council 106, located in Lewiston. The event was open to the students of St. Peter and Sacred Heart School as well as their family members. The person who chaired the event was Heather Emery.Given two hundred […]
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A day for and of the people Hunting safety
Brace yourself. We will be subjected today to a final barrage of campaign commercials and phone calls.Today is the last day candidates have to convince us to cast our ballots in their favor.This is the day each year that is most representative of democracy because it is the people themselves, not elected officials, who have […]
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Our Maine candidates
Peter CianchetteMaine can be a great state, but we have to be able to pay for it.If gubernatorial candidates heard nothing else from voters, they heard that.Maine’s budget is excessive, as are taxes. Our current economic uncertainty makes it tough to turn that around.We need backbone. We need someone who isn’t afraid to bristle legislators […]