Opinion

Earlier this morning (June 10), the Big Apple Store in Brewer on Wilson St. was robbed. It’s been a really long time, but I used to work there. While working at the store back in the mid 90s I also worked 50 feet behind the building at a radio station on Acme Rd. Thankfully I was never held up or robbed while working. I had the usual issues people who work at convenience stores have. Drunks trying to buy alcohol, pump drive offs (which is theft but not in the way I’m referring to here). I was once robbed though back in 1991.

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I am not writing this to tell you how to vote by any means, but to say how important this is to you if you live in Auburn (or any other town for that matter.) Tomorrow, Auburn votes on the school budget. The city is looking for a 6.9% increase over last year to make the budget for the 2013-2014 school year $38.4 million. The state is supplying a little over $760,000, but it would mean an increase in property taxes.

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Do you have Boston Bruins fever? They are now up three games to none in the East Finals against the Penguins. I hear, Pittsburgh this, Pittsburgh that, but Pittsburgh is all but out. I know, the Bruins have lost a series after being up 3-0, so I don’t want to get overly confident but I’m feeling good about game four tomorrow night!

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I think it’s time once again for my rant regarding interleague play in Major League Baseball (MLB). I don’t like it now, I didn’t like the idea when it was being tossed around way back in the early to mid 90s and I don't think I'll like it in 20 years. There is nothing to be really gained for the way it is set up, except in the few markets where a city has two teams like New York, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, but even then the Angels aren’t an L.A. team.

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I really hope I have no typos in this post, because today, I am a college graduate. Today I will march down the aisle to get my diploma. I have no idea if I will ever use my Associate in Applied Science Degree in Heath Information Technology from KVCC. But, hey,I did it!

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I just got to do the coolest thing, sit inside a race car. I was invited to the unveiling of the No. 6 Electricity Maine 'Power To Help' Pro Series stock car, which will race Saturday nights at Beech Ridge starting June 1st.

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Where it’s the height of TV season and series finales right now, I’m wondering what your favorite TV shows and or series finales are. The most memorable series finales for me are Seinfeld, Cheers and E.R. I remember the Friends series finale as well. Oddly, they’re all NBC shows. The M*A*S*H finale was epic. I didn't see it on TV but rented it on VHS.

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As the weather warms up, more and more ice cream and frozen custard places open up. I really want to try that new place in Manchester, Fielder's Choice. It always looks busy and it is on my way home from work.

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After tonight, will I be spending the rest of the NHL playoffs cheering on the Red Sox? Or will the Bruins move on to the next round? Not to jinx them, but I think the Bruins will beat Toronto tonight. The game is at TD Garden and I think the Bruins remember the implosion the Flyers took advantage of a few years back in the 2009 playoffs.

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American Idol is winding down for 2013. Season 13 in the ratings has been slightly lower than previous years but still good for TV ratings. If it’s back for season 14, Randy Jackson won’t be part of it. If I were a betting man, I’d say Mariah Carey will be out too. Why? Because of the stunt or leaked info about wanting Jennifer Lopez back over Mariah earlier this season.

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