Thursday, March 22, 2007 Older Editions

The choice is yours
Next Tuesday, residents at the ballot box will not have to choose between the lesser of two evils for moderator. Any of the five people on the ballot to lead Town Meeting could do the job. I offer voters a quick, if opinionated, cheat sheet of the moderator candidates. Included is one question for each candidate that the voters will answer at the ballot box:

The Back Page: Marching and mascots - Memorable moments of All Girl Band
Kathy (Gaudette) Heseltine has more information about the All Girl Band, which performed at high school football games in town throughout the 1940s and '50s and into the '60s. She says, "A friend of mine, Pat Roberge, was asked to join the band and play the trumpet with lessons to be included. Unfortunately, her training was limited and she had to resort to pretending she was playing at times. She stayed for a couple of years and then went on to become a cheerleader."