In CONGRESS July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Columns:
SKIP GREENLAW : Consolidation won't work because costs are more than savings
The paper's editorial of June 24, titled, "Consolidation Delay Doesn't Mean Do Nothing," indicates a profound misunderstanding and lack of information about the reasons why many Maine voters turned down their proposed consolidation plans at the polls.
Letters to the Editor:
Fairfield needs to 'wash its face, put on clean clothes'
Congratulations to Farmington and Augusta, regarding their ability to obtain funds for downtown improvement from the Maine Development Fund.
Thanks for turnout for Somerset Relay for Life
I would like to thank the great people of Somerset County for the great turnout for this year's American Cancer Society's "Relay For Life" held June 20-21.
School board needs to find 'real reason' principal quit
The resignation of Madison Elementary principal, Alan Mikal has left the community shocked and wondering. Since the news broke, there has been an outpouring of support for Mikal. Staff, parents and students are rallying around this man who is so valuable to them. I am one of those parents.
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, ìThe Maine Woods.î We mark the 150th anniversary of ThoreauÃs 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards.
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