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What’s up in May
The month of May is named for Maia, the Roman goddess of fertility, whose name means “the great one.” As the Earth once again transforms its surface into a fresh green hue as the northern hemisphere reawakens, the sky above is also always changing and showing us new things every night if we know what […]
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Editorial Roundup
Gloucester Times (Mass.), April 22: While they are at it, government officials could do a better job protecting local industries from the Obama administration. New Balance and the Obama administration are engaged in a war of words over USA-made athletic shoes and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. New Balance says it dropped its public opposition […]
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Bernie’s time in the spotlight is almost over
Quite a few people make noises about leaving the country if the wrong person gets elected president. I’ve been making discreet inquiries in the vicinity of Kinsale, County Cork, myself – from whence my people emigrated after 1880. Picturesque, 18th-century harbor untouched by modern commerce – the British made sure that the industrial revolution never […]
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Garbage in, garbage out
It’s Trash Day once again. Why don’t we get the day off? Why isn’t it a holiday? Sure, a holiday once or twice a week may sound like a lot, but we’re worth it. Making trash is the one thing most of us are really good at, and yet we never get any recognition for […]
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Biddeford Public Access should be saved
The Biddeford City Council is discussing either closing our wonderful Biddeford Access Television Station or cutting the staff even more. The council appears to lean toward a station staffed only by volunteers. This would be a risky, ineffective and probably costly move. Biddeford Access has always welcomed volunteers. However, as a ship needs a trained […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Bennington Banner (Vt.), April 21: After two decades in which dramatic changes rocked the newspaper industry, The Bennington Banner and New England Newspapers Incorporated, which experienced all of those changes, have returned to local ownership. During those years, a digital revolution quickly transformed a business that had been print-based for centuries. That revolution was […]
