Which small businessperson in Maine struggles the most under onerous government regulations? The drug dealer, of course. When limitations imposed on dope peddlers are compared to such occupations as gangster, poacher and investment banker, the latter three appear to operate in a libertarian paradise devoid of red tape, flashing blue lights and unfashionable orange jumpsuits. […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Childhood sure is different
We hope you’ve had your flu shot. Not so long ago, this was headline material. Surely you remember the years when there was a shortage of vaccine and there was even a list of those who should get their shots first. The elderly were right up there as one of the main groups who needed […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Programs aplenty for seniors
Lakes Region Senior Center is located at Little Falls Activity Center, 40 Acorn St., in Gorham. The drop-in center is open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and Friday beginning at 10:30 a.m. Stop in for coffee, tea, socializing, puzzle table, or a fun activity of your choice. Onoing daily activities include: Monday, mah […]
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DOWN THE ROAD APIECE: For the New Year, some old stuff
It’s another New Year and that means out with the old and in with the new. But here in Maine, we’ve never been anxious to part with antiques and other old things. Someone once told me a little about how things in the antique business work. They said back in the 1950s, as many rural […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Stupid game
The Maine lottery is a scam and ought to be abolished. Of course, the same could be said for the state Department of Health and Human Services, the National Football League, and all-natural cereals. Unfortunately, eliminating the lottery is about as likely as getting rid of those con jobs, so I guess we’re stuck with […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Stupid game
The Maine lottery is a scam and ought to be abolished. Of course, the same could be said for the state Department of Health and Human Services, the National Football League, and all-natural cereals. Unfortunately, eliminating the lottery is about as likely as getting rid of those con jobs, so I guess we’re stuck with […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Spreading the news
This year, the formation of the Lakes Region Seniors organization recognized seniors as an important segment of the community. I hope this continues for the future. Quite a few years ago, my hometown formed a Senior Needs Committee. One of its goals was to improve communication with senior citizens. Town management was concerned that seniors […]
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Editorial: Magic 8-Ball knows all
Current Publishing’s annual year-end tradition of consulting the Magic 8-Ball is here again, and this year we eagerly await the answers to our most probing of questions, some serious and others not so much. If past years are any indication, the little black ball with a blurry floating mechanism can be quite the fortune-teller. Last […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Eat a peach
Let’s discuss impeachment. First, a little background: According to historians I haven’t bothered to consult, impeachment was invented in colonial Georgia, when irate citizens, fed up with corruption, pelted misbehaving government bureaucrats with peaches. So successful was this approach in punishing official malfeasance that the practice quickly spread to other colonies, although the lack of […]
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DOWN THE ROAD APIECE: The right words for the occasion
Last year, for one reason or another, mostly another, we decided to close our camp during the coldest part of the winter. As we made up a list of all the little things to be done, I was suddenly reminded of the camp-closing rituals of my youth. Back then, we had a camp way Down […]