Quote of the week — The Republican Journal

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• Quote of the Week — March 8 edition

  Mar 09
  "Trust me, I understand, your honor." — Murder suspect Daniel Porter to Justice Robert Murray, during Porter's initial court appearance in Waldo ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Feb. 23 edition

  Feb 24
  "Would you watch 'Schindler's List' on a cell phone? 'Gone With the Wind'?" — Colonial Theatre owner Mike Hurley, citing one of the reasons he ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Feb. 9 edition

  Feb 09
  "Personally, if Daffy Duck was on the ballot, I'd vote for him." — Monroe Republican Bruce Chamberlain, explaining his "anybody but Obama" ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Jan. 26 edition

  Jan 29
  "Yes, I know there are those that would argue that we, the citizens of Searsport, need those jobs, those delicious bread crumbs that the rich guy ...
  

• Quote of the week, Jan. 12 edition

  Jan 12
  "A bad snowmobile year means a good ATV year,"— Chase's Toys Manager Josh Miville speaks to how the mild winter has affected snowmobile and ATV ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Dec. 29 edition

  Dec 29
  "I think this is going to attract development in places you can't even imagine. Like, Belfast Boatyard is going to think, 'Hey, we should have a ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Dec. 8 edition

  Dec 08
  "What our students today need when they walk out these doors at the end of their senior year has evolved. It's very different than what it was, ...
  

• Quote of the week - 11/23

  Nov 23
  "I want this to be recognized as a citizen initiative because that's what it was. There were a couple of us citizens who actually pushed for this ...
  

• Quote of the week — Nov. 9 edition

  Nov 11
  "We don't like to speculate." — DCP Midstream spokesperson Lisa Newkirk, when asked what the worst-case scenario might be in the event of a fire ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Oct. 19 edition

  Oct 20
  "For us, it's almost like a start-up loan. They count on us to pay them back in vegetables." — Christa Bahner of Bahner Farm in Belmont, one of ...
  

• Quote of the week — March 1 edition

  Mar 02
  "It's just the idea that that's what their heroes' guitars looked like. You're not going to play your guitar enough to make it look beat up like ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Feb. 16 edition

  Feb 17
  "They said, 'You're the fire chief in Monroe, what do you think?' I said, 'I don't want to get involved in this.'" — Monroe Fire Chief Ken ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Feb. 2 edition

  Feb 02
  "The house we always called home, he turned into a crime scene." — Hannah Green, daughter of Pamela Green, the Morrill woman who was strangled to ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Jan. 19 edition

  Jan 20
  "It's quite nice because it's such a small place and there are so many McDonald's [restaurants] in this zone that are much bigger. You'd think ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Jan. 5 edition

  Jan 07
  "If people knew everything about what the Game Loft did, I don't think we'd have a problem getting funding. But we're just a small enough organizat...
  

• Quote of the Week — Dec. 22 edition

  Dec 23
  "'Pure as the driven snow,' is what they came back with. They asked me if I wanted it in writing and I said, '[No,] that's good enough for ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Dec. 1 edition

  Dec 04
  "It's hard to have them go back after you've had a year-and-a-half with them, but then you see how happy they are in their new positions, and you ...
  

• Quote of the week — Nov. 16 edition

  Nov 18
  "If we get a gold necklace, I might run for mayor again." — Belfast city councilor and former mayor Mike Hurley referring to the ceremonial, ...
  

• Quote of the week for Nov. 2 edition

  Nov 02
  "I am struck, in regards to the sentencing issue, with the difficulty this case presents involving the defendant, who is the father of the ...
  

• Quote of the Week — Oct. 12 edition

  Oct 12
  "[She was] actually quite choked up when [she] learned it had been returned." — Searsport Police Chief Dick LaHaye, describing the reaction of ...