I am writing in response to an article (“Risky business: Les Otten and the rise and fall of American Skiing Co.”) written by Marian McCue and John Christie published in your paper on March 12. The article was both disappointing and misleading because it was largely based on recycled information – inaccurate and incomplete newspaper […]
March 2010
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Inside Windham-3/19
Casserole supper Cornerstone Assembly of God, Cottage Road, Windham, will host a casserole supper Saturday, March 20, from 5-6:30 p.m. The supper will feature hot casseroles, bread and rolls, salads and homemade desserts. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children, under 6 eat free! For more information, call 892-5980. Charity bridge game On Saturday, […]
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Inside Gray-3/19
Let’s eat! Gray First Congregational Church will hold its monthly Public Supper on Saturday, March 27, from 5-6 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children under 12. The menu includes baked beans, casseroles, salads, homemade biscuits and pies. The meal is served in the Supper Room downstairs in the church. It’s handicapped accessible. […]
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We all win when vernal pools are protected
In 2007, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection began regulating development near significant vernal pools. That action worried some landowners, who saw the new rules as an overreaction to the environmental lobby and an unnecessary infringement on property rights. But those claims downplay the importance of vernal pools, and can scare people away from taking […]
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Quinn's Corner: Pithy replies spoken here
This week, Lucius Flatley, urbane connoisseur of things clever and insightful, introduced Proust’s Questionnaire to the coffee-shop seminar. He informed the group that this questionnaire was originally a 19th-century parlor game invented by Antoinette Faure, daughter of the president of France, and consists of a series of personal questions asked of prominent people, to which […]
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Down the road a piece: Disputes that dot Maine history
Jeff from Scarborough e-mails: “OK, John so I’m not from Maine. I’m a flatlandah, and don’t know a lot about Maine history, but from what I have learned it sounds like you Mainers can’t get along with your neighbors. Over the past year or so I’ve been reading Maine history and have learned about the […]
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On the right track:The bonds that untie
I am really mortified (that’s scared witless) that so many Mainers and welfare recipients from other states who moved to Maine truly believe that bonds issued by the state of Maine are, in fact, free government money. What amazes me even more is that some believe that bonds issued by any government agency are really […]
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New Westbrook school to host gubernatorial debate
The new Westbrook Middle School Performing Arts Center will host a debate among the republican candidates for governor on Wednesday. The candidates attending are Steve Abbott, Bill Beardsley, Matt Jacobson, Peter Mills, Paul LePage, Les Otten and Bruce Poliquin. Ray Richardson and Ted Talbot of WLOB Radio and WPME-TV will host the debate, which will […]
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Staff slashed in Windham-Raymond school budget
A total of 46 teaching, support staff and administrative positions would be eliminated in the upcoming budget, according to preliminary budget figures presented by Superintendent Sandy Prince to members of the Windham-Raymond School Committee Wednesday night. Prince declined to get specific concerning which schools would be impacted most. He did say the preliminary budget would […]
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Local legislators sign petition to defund wars
WINDHAM – A Windham woman’s effort to convince national leaders to defund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has so far garnered the support of 17 state legislators, including two Windham Democrats, Sen. Bill Diamond and Rep. Mark Bryant. Frustrated by the budget crunch on the national, state and local levels, Sally Breen, a longtime […]