I graduated from Morse High School 38 years ago, and I don’t agree with William Vaughan Jr.’s assertion in Maine Voices (Nov. 14) that students today are no better prepared than 50 years ago. National security, employment, the environment and monetary stability are challenges. While Vaughan cites Yarmouth High School as an example of how […]
November 2016
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Letter to the editor: Trucks need two safety fixes to prevent highway fatalities
I was devastated to hear about the recent truck crash in which a 5-year-old boy and his volunteer driver were killed on the Maine Turnpike. As a mother who lost her son in a truck crash, I know the pain and grief the families are going through; my thoughts are with them and will be […]
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This holiday season, host with confidence
If you want to impress your friends, make this dish. It’s a showstopper. This meal is so beautiful, in fact, that upon removing it from the oven you’ll want to take a photo and send it to everyone you know. Or post it on Instagram, or tweet it out to the world. I would know […]
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Remnant of past returns to historic church
ANNA, Ill. (AP) — When St. Anne’s Episcopal Church was de-sanctified in 1970, many of the furnishings were taken to other congregations or given to church members. The church bell went to a congregation in Jacksonsville, Illinois, and the baptismal font was moved to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Carbondale. A font, or receptacle for […]
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Buddhist nun uses pop star career to help others
KATHMANDU, Nepal — There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name — not because she’s a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl’s school and a hospital for kidney patients. Ani Choying Drolma is best known as one of the country’s biggest pop stars. With […]
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Sticky Scottish Pecan Apps
Served in Scottish Shortbread “cups”, these appetizers are sticky, salty-sweet and delicious, especially during the holidays. Shortbread has been around for many centuries, thought to have originated in Scotland as a specifically designed biscuit using yeast. Over time, the base of this recipe has evolved into 1 part sugar, 2 parts butter and 3 parts […]
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Growing debt make higher taxes inevitable
Big tax increase inevitable, but when? Growing debt make higher taxes inevitable Debt grows, deficit hawks become rare More deficits, debt, taxes coming Gordon L. Weil Get ready for a tax increase. It will be a big one. We just don’t know when it will happen. The problem is the federal debt. The government owes […]
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Santa and Mrs. Claus headed for Sanford
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be stopping by the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main /st., Sanford, from 3- 6 p.m. Nov. 28. Sponsored by the girls Who Grant organizaiton, the event includes photography by Ashleigh Full Photography, who will be taking pictures for $10, with results back to families in time to make Christmas […]
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Adam Cote joins Drummond Woodsum
PORTLAND — Drummond Woodsum has announced that Adam Cote, Esq. has joined the firm to lead the Energy and Utilities Practice group. A Sanford native, Cote has 20 years of service in the Maine Army National Guard’s historic 133rd Engineering Battalion including tours in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and brings significant private sector, entrepreneurial and legal […]
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The technologies that treat cancer continue to improve at an incredible pace. The powerful combination of imaging and treatment technology makes treatment easier and faster. As York County’s only radiation treatment center, it’s critical to be on the leading edge of this advanced movement, said Dr. Philip Villiotte, radiation oncologist and medical director of the Cancer […]