12 years ago Letters to the Editor River Festival a family-friendly effort To the Editor: The volunteers, sponsors, and participants who made Guilford’s recent River Festival celebration a reality deserve congratulations and appreciation for an event that represents community effort at its finest.
12 years ago Native American team names and common sense By Mike LangeStaff Writer With the fall high school sports season just around the corner, the subject of Native American nicknames will undoubtedly be back in the headlines again.
12 years ago Keeping students at the center of education To the Editor: Nothing impacts a child’s academic and social success in school more than a healthy relationship among schools, families and the community.
12 years ago Many avenues for conducting international military research 2014 marks the 100-year anniversary of The Great War, World War I; so called because it was thought to be large enough and terrible enough to end all wars.
12 years ago Letters to the Editor Not too late to fix Sangerville’s ‘big mess’ To the Editor: At our annual Town Meeting in March, the residents of Sangerville voted for a selectman as they do every year, but as has happened several times in the past, the voting process was flawed.
12 years ago Bellows’ long walk and other campaign gimmicks By Mike LangeStaff Writer Shenna Bellows was scheduled to be in Dover-Foxcroft last weekend, shaking hands and posing for photos in her uphill battle to unseat Republican U.
12 years ago It’s Homecoming time again! Senior MattersBy Lesley Fernow In Dover-Foxcroft this is as big event as there is: dances, class parties, a parade, street booths set up by local vendors, capped by a beach party and fireworks at Sebec Lake.
12 years ago Baiting bear with ‘junk food’ indefensible To the Editor; Maine’s bear management program is anything but “wildly successful,” as claimed by David Trahan (Maine communities could become more dangerous without bear baiting, hounding, trapping, July 9).
12 years ago We’re back on the endangered species list By Mike LangeStaff Writer As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like deja vu all over again.
12 years ago Beware of food poisoning on warm summer days By Carol Higgins Taylor Summer is one of the most popular times of year to get together with family and friends.
12 years ago More Bowerbank Days to celebrate To the Editor; Bowerbank Days are fast approaching and we want you to be a part of it! We have changed from a Friday and all day Saturday celebration to a week-long extravaganza — Aug.
12 years ago Volunteers needed to help with Homecoming duties To the Editor; Please consider helping the Homecoming Committee with road blocking the parade route.
12 years ago Letters to the Editor Terrorists and treason? To the Editor: Have you noticed, there are terrorists that live amongst us? If you have been following the news media, one man who is a journalist, and also works for a left-wing radical hate group, had somehow figured out that these terrorists have met with Governor LePage for 12 hours over nine months last year.
12 years ago Newspaper was unfair to Sangerville selectperson To the Editor: My wife and I were appalled to read the letter published in the Piscataquis Observer last week by Richard Dobson that was in essence a character assassination of Selectperson, Melissa Randall.
12 years ago Deceptive wildlife management strategy To the Editor: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) views the people of Maine as ignorant, a people they believe to be easily manipulated because of their compassionate and humane nature.
12 years ago Respect for our flag needs to be taught To the Editor: While attending the July Fourth parade in Bangor, it came to my attention and chagrin that as the color guards passed, only two people in our line of vision stood when the flag passed in front of us.
