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A brownfield redeveloper from away once came to Wiscasset and promised that their company would save the prettiest village in Maine from heavy industry by building a light industrial park. At the time, the industry that was threatening the fair harbor of Wiscasset was Dragon Cement, and everyone knew what a nightmare the people of Rockland and Thomaston had to deal with ... white powder covering their cars and lawns, asthma clusters among the kids living closest to the plant, and so on. It was not a scenario Wiscasset wanted to deal with, so a light industrial park sounded like a godsend.
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Maine’s children and their families are the losers if the Bush veto on SCHIP stands. Bush vetoed the bill, not because he was concerned about the cost--after all, our nation is spending twenty-eight times what SCHIP would have cost in Iraq yearly--but because he sees it as a step toward the “socialization” of medicine.
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Commissioner Phil Roy of Somerset County, and his fellow commissioners, were hopping mad about the proposed takeover of the county jail system by the state government, and with good reason. The proposal would have taken over the facility, now under construction, saddling Somerset County with a bond of $50 million dollars to pay off without having control or use of their brand new jail.
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Air shows are, at their heart, recruitment events. After a dismal 2005, with a lowered recruitment goal, the Army is finally beginning to meet its goals by paying large signing bonuses to new recruits. But historically, the biggest recruiting technique has been the air show.
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By Marilyn Taylor
Coastal Journal contributor
PORTLAND - If you are a cat person, run don’t walk to the Portland Stage Company’s Indoor/Outdoor. It’s human catnip for animal lovers.
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