Editorials:

WE ARE PROUD OF OUR LEGIONNAIRE OF HONOR
Even readers who don't speak or read French probably can figure out that we've just offered congratulations to Severin Beliveau. He was honored at the Statehouse Tuesday in a ceremony in which the French ambassador to the United States presented him with the Legion of Honor.

KITTENS, OTHER ANIMALS DON'T BELONG IN TRASH
It's not nice to dump kittens in a garbage can.

FESTIVAL HONOREE TALENTED IN MANY FILM DISCIPLINES
The Maine International Film Festival has picked a creative actor, writer, director and producer to receive the festival's Mid-Life Achievement Award this summer.

SIDNEY FARMER RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS COWS' JOURNEYS
The problems with Mark Gould's wandering cows in Sidney led us to Phrase Finder, an Internet site that examines the origin of popular phrases and sayings.

SENTENCING OPTION NEEDED FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS
There is a sad but necessary new law in Maine.

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Candidates' forum held at Chateau Cushnoc
I read your paper today and was very disappointed about the article, "Candidates eye Congress at Augusta forum," written by Susan Cover.

U.S-Canada-Mexico merger an urban myth
You should make clear that the idea that the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" will result in a merger of the United States, Canada and Mexico into a new nation is an urban myth.

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OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTS 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, “The Maine Woods.” We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s 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. For more, click here.

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. For more, click here.

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