NEW SHARON — The Promise is Hope will be performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the New Sharon Congregational Church. The Promise is Hope is a Massachusetts-based band nationally known for its Christian folk-rock. The public is invited to come and enjoy a classic sit-down live music event. Tickets for the concert are […]
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Mahoosuc Band in concert June 25
The Mahoosuc Community Band is going on the road this summer, beginning with a concert at 7 p.m. Monday, June 25, in Mountain Valley High School’s Muskie Auditorium in Rumford. The program of popular and traditional music for concert band will include music of Glenn Miller, Herb Alpert, Leiber and Stoller, and John Phillip Sousa. […]
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Sagittarius: Look for solid deals or contracts
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Hart Denton, 25; Alisan Porter, 37; Nicole Kidman, 51; John Goodman, 66. Happy Birthday: Count on you and only you when it comes to the changes you want to make in your life this year. Refuse to let someone push you in one direction or another. Make up your mind […]
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Those are real children
I wonder how many people remember going to the old Disney movie “Dumbo”? I remember when Dumbo’s mother was taken away from him. I cried like a baby. I remember that a lot of other people did, too. It was like we were going through the same thing — the heart-wrenching loss of a child […]
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Transitioning people from welfare
Welfare isn’t supposed to be a cozy hammock; it’s meant to be a safety net that protects someone if they stumble. When Paul LePage and Bruce Poliquin entered the state house in 2011, they had a big mess — nearly 9,000 Mainers on the TANF program stuck in poverty. Today, there are only approximately 2,000 […]
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Weak environmental policies cost jobs
“The public will no doubt be surprised at the economic importance of this industry as (we measure) the impact of activities like boating, fishing, RVing, hunting, camping, hiking and more.” The speaker is U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The industry goes under the broad name of outdoor recreation. It was a $374 billion business in […]
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Panagore to speak in Hebron church
HEBRON — Reverend and author Peter Panagore will address the Hebron Community Baptist Church Sunday, June 24. With a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University, he has been a member of the First Radio Parish Church of America for the past 15 years. He has written the Daily Devotions TV segment viewed by millions […]
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Community sales
WILTON — The Wilton Lions Club annual yard sale will be held Friday through Sunday, June 22 to 24, next to the Big Apple, Routes 2 and 4. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday. — HARTFORD — The Hartford Heritage Society will hold a yard sale from 9 a.m. […]
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Immigration policy is cruel
To separate a child from her mother by force, when all she has done is cross the border seeking help, is an act with grave moral consequence. To make a policy to do this, in order to discourage migration, is beneath the United States and unworthy of its leaders. Such action cannot be made humane […]
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Dog lover is on a cross-country rescue mission
When you go on vacation, do you take your pet with you? Lee Asher does. All six of them. Lillie, Butters, Cali, Stella, Molly and Bo-Bo are Asher’s six rescue dogs. Since February he’s been traveling cross-country with them in a 30-foot RV to promote dog adoption. His friend Luke Barton is along for the […]