Author Archives: Staff, Piscataquis Observer
9 years ago
Education center receives challenge donation for fire watchman’s camp/warming hut project
Ed and Arlene Jewett, founders of Jewett Construction Inc. and part-time Greenville residents, have made a very gracious challenge donation toward the reconstruction of a replica of the old Big Moose (formerly Squaw) Mountain fire watchman’s cabin. The new cabin will be built next to the recently finished Big Moose fire tower at the Natural Resource Education Center (NREC) Visitors’ Center.
9 years ago
Maine must restore local control of its schools
The Common Core State Standards, since their adoption in 2011, have been an expensive and harmful experiment that threatens Maine’s educational competitiveness. Unfunded mandates for local schools districts, excessive testing requirements, developmentally inappropriate material, and dubious data collection practices underscore how Common Core has caused, and will continue to cause, problems for Maine’s schools, teachers, and students.
9 years ago
Support ranked-choice voting
On November 8, 2016, Maine voters overwhelmingly favored a citizens' referendum for Ranked-Choice Voting. Since that exciting moment in the political history of the United States (Maine being the first state to pass a referendum for the ranking of votes for state legislature, governorship and Maine's four congressional delegates), the Judiciary and Senate have done their part to put this bill before our House of Representatives for a two-thirds vote for a constitutional change.
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