It is the time for voters to pay attention to Question 1. Passage of the initiative is so important for all Maine senior citizens, veterans and people with disabilities. That is one of the important components in the initiative when it comes to elderly citizens’ lives. The initiative would help senior citizens who need support, […]
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Be prepared when time to vote
I attended candidate’s night in Poland looking for proactive, forward-looking candidates to represent me. The forum was educational. Whether or not climate change is human-caused, people need to make plans to live with its consequences. As my Scout leader always said: “Be prepared.” Maine’s woods and working waterfronts are state treasures. The state is undergoing […]
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Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Friend's goth fashion would stand out at formal wedding
DEAR ABBY: A month and a half ago, my boyfriend of five years proposed. We are happy and excited. Most of the wedding party are my friends from college, who are like a family to me. They have also grown very close to my fiance. One friend, “Eden,” defines herself as a “goth.” She wears […]
Posted inConnections, sj-web
Produce Safety Alliance grower training in three locations
WATERBORO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) grower training in three counties beginning Nov. 30. The trainers will spend approximately seven hours of instruction time covering content contained in these seven modules: • Introduction to Produce Safety; • Worker, Health, Hygiene, and Training; • Soil Amendments; • Wildlife, […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Wake up to the right-wing agenda
Like a lot of senior citizens, I paid into Social Security for a long time. I received my first card at age 12, when I traveled to work for Mario’s Pizza in Poland for a starting 50 cents an hour. For more than five decades I paid into that institution, not realizing early on that […]
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Vote to preserve our freedoms
Americans enjoy freedoms that many others risk their lives to attain, yet people cannot get off their butts to vote to preserve those freedoms. The United States has a president who would like to manage/control those freedoms for his own narcissistic uses; and a governor who thinks the Maine state budget is his personal budget […]
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Disgraceful ultra-extreme rhetoric
I was shocked and disgusted by the intensity of a recent poster circulated by Poliquin for Congress boldly labelling Jared Golden as a liar. Poliquin’s biennial emergence from his lair at election time spouting such negatively vehement, un-civil discourse epitomizes the pervasive problem of extreme polarization paralyzing politics and government today. Poliquin and his minions […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on Oct. 27
100 years ago: 1918 Donations of old muslin, linen or cotton will be gratefully received at the C.M.G. Hospital, for the supply on hand are being rapidly exhausted. The institution always has a need for material of this sort, but the demand has been unusually great of late because of the number of influenza patients. […]
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In support of Question 1
My experience of being a new Mainer working with Mainers, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities from different backgrounds helped me understand my new home, Maine, better. I am writing in support of Question 1, the Universal Homecare Initiative, because I am a home care worker and have firsthand experience about the struggles of many […]
Posted inHoroscope, sj-web
Leo: Strive to do what's right
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kelly Osbourne, 34; Patrick Fugit, 36; Peter Firth, 65; John Cleese, 79. Happy Birthday: Review the cost of the things you want to do this year. Research will pay off in terms of savings. Be prepared to put in your time and labor if you want to get things up […]