The Maine DOT has offered funding the Maine Street-McKeen Street intersection for good reason. If DOT feels it is dangerous and is paying for it, why is the town hesitating? Is it because Maine Street Station and the Bath Road intersection revision are getting more attention? Is it because of the tremendous new traffic that […]
March 2010
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Letter: Falmouth campaign off to great start
We are thrilled to report that St. Mary’s 2010 campaign to benefit the Falmouth Food Pantry raised $3,000 for this worthy cause at our Book, Bake and Soup Sale. People called us after the article in The Forecaster to donate books, people we didn’t know stopped by with donations, people brought canned goods to our […]
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Letter: Falmouth school budget bungle
The supposed “decrease” in the Falmouth School Budget needs serious examination. To show a “savings,” reference is made to last year’s budget, not actual expenditures. They were about $800,000 less than budgeted. A fair comparison is to what was actually spent, not proposed. If you look under the hood, this proposed budget looks unfair, unsustainable […]
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Little miracles: NICU Web cam connects family
Kyle O’Brien watches his nephew, Zachary Shannon, via a live Web cam feed at home in Wells Wednesday. O’Brien and his family have been able to watch Shannon for the past few weeks thanks to a new program called ANGEL Eye at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., where Shannon […]
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Walkers raise research funds
Gov. John Baldacci, spoke at the opening ceremony of the 12th annual Mary’s Walk and Kerrymen Pub 5K on Sunday in Saco. Baldacci, is a friend to many members of the extended family of the late Mary Kerry Libby, for whom the race is named. Here, he greets the late woman’s 97-year-old mother, Grace Kelly. […]
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Walkers raise research funds
SACO — More than 2,000 people ran or walked a 5k loop from Thornton Academy to the Kerrymen Pub on Sunday during the 12th annual Mary’s Walk & Kerrymen Pub 5K. The fundraiser for cancer research was started in 1999 as a way to bring something positive out of one family’s grief. In the summer […]
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Thumbs up to Sanford High School Principal Al Young, Assistant Principal Doug Roberts and School Resource Officer Mike Gordon for their smooth handling of the unfortunate stabbing incident at the school Thursday. Gordon and the administrators should be commended for adhering to emergency response procedures that helped them maintain calm and control after one student […]
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Little miracles: NICU Web cam connects family
Donna O’Brien watches her grandson, Zachary Shannon, via a live Web cam feed on her home computer in Wells Wednesday. O’Brien has been able to watch Shannon for the past few weeks thanks to a new program called ANGEL Eye at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., where Shannon was […]
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Little miracles: NICU Web cam connects family
WELLS — For Donna O’Brien, Jan. 8 was a day for miracles. Her grandson, Zachary Shannon, was born that day. He was three months premature, weighing just 1 pound, 7 ounces. “He’s our little miracle,” she said. “It’s amazing how far he’s come.” Another blessing, she said, has been the Web cam set up in […]
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‘Mr. President, about this reform … ’
“It’s not far I can walk down the block to Table Talk. Close my eyes, make the pies all day. Plastic cap on my hair. I used to mind, now I don’t care. I used to mind, now I don’t care ’cause I’m gray. Did I show you this picture of my nephew taken at […]