The sun peeked over the trees and spread like butter across the horizon, while the morning fog melted away. Somewhere around a bend in the road, near the woods, a peculiar sound emerged from the blackberry bushes. “Caw, caw, caw. ” Peter Jr. and Benjamin were playing in the backyard when they heard a noise. […]
2021
Lynne Benoit-Vachon, Wells: On-the-job learning
I was a plumber’s helper for six years, and I take a day off here and there from my current job to climb back into the green van. I became a plumber’s helper at the age of 45. Before this time, I cared little about how water reached a faucet. In my basement, the ancient […]
Commentary: Deaths point up lack of awareness of the right to refuse dangerous work
OSHA must make workers’ rights clear on mandatory workplace posters.
Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role
Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
Letter to the editor: Maine needs more competitive model of power production
Joseph W. McDonnell’s Maine Voices column of Dec. 18 is a lesson in anachronistic thinking. His assumption that reliability, affordability and addressing climate change compete directly with each other comes from a perspective that is grounded in an economic model of energy generation that has been promoted by the large power producers and has arguably […]
Letters: Why Manchin is the next McCarthy; Making the world better for someone with Williams Syndrome
Why Manchin is the next McCarthy I believe that Joe Manchin, if he continues his present ways, will turn out to be like Joe McCarthy in the ’50s. McCarthy was steeped in rabid anti-Communism. He used his position in the Senate to defeat and destroy his political enemies. Other citizens and government leaders, even the […]
Obituary: Roger Floyd Alexander
Roger Floyd Alexander 1945 – 2021 RICHMOND – Roger Floyd Alexander, 76, died on Dec. 23, 2021 at his home surrounded …
Obituary: Francis J. Pagurko
Francis J. Pagurko 1948 – 2021 ENGLEWOOD, Fla. -Francis J. Pagurko died Feb. 15, 2021, at Tidewell Hospice House in …
Obituary: Mark Francis Gross
Mark Francis Gross 1936 – 2021 RICHMOND – After suffering two recent falls as well as several other maladies, Mark Francis …
Obituary: Richard B. Tyler
HOLLISTON, Mass. – Richard B. Tyler, 75, of Holliston, Mass., passed away at his home on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Born …