To continuously repeat a futile action is a definition of insanity. A good example of such insanity is the so-called War on Drugs. At the coffee shop this week, a saddened Lucius Flatley apologized to the coffee drinkers for “beating a dead horse.” He said he realized the drug war “is an old topic, so […]
2011
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
PENSION CRISIS: Pension changes lighten budget load
AUGUSTA – The year is 2020, just nine years from now, and the state is facing one of its worst budget crises in years. (Editor’s note: This is part 6 of an occasional series on the effects of the state’s pension costs. The series began last July.) The year is 2020, just nine years from […]
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CURRENT calendar – 7/14
Thursday, July 14 Concerts in the Park, 6:30 p.m., at the gazebo at Memorial Park, Scarborough. Featuring Coos Canyon. Free parking at the high school and free shuttle to the park. Outdoor concessions. Rain site: Scarborough High School auditorium. Toddler Thursdays storytime, for children age 18 months and older with an adult, 10:15 a.m., at […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Big boss man
“Government should be run like a business.” If I had one share of Google stock for every time I’ve heard a politician or some other brainless twit make that comment, I wouldn’t care if Medicare and Social Security end up as bankrupt as Lehman Brothers and Borders bookstores. I also wouldn’t have to keep explaining […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Big boss man
“Government should be run like a business.” If I had one share of Google stock for every time I’ve heard a politician or some other brainless twit make that comment, I wouldn’t care if Medicare and Social Security end up as bankrupt as Lehman Brothers and Borders bookstores. I also wouldn’t have to keep explaining […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
The woods heal themselves, overcome debris
Sometimes, when I take a look around me, I try to imagine what this place looked like before the advent of modern technology, before culvert pipes redirected water through the soil and telephone wires crisscrossed the blue sky and leafy backdrop like enormous spider webs to convey messages quickly from one point to the next. […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries, Obituaries
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Myrto M. Barra, 87, of Kennebunk, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, July 10, 2011 at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford, surrounded by her loving family. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
YMCA marks member’s 90th birthday
Calvin Dunwoody works out on the stationary bike at the YMCA in Biddeford on Tuesday. Dunwoody, who will turn 90 years old Sunday, is the oldest active member of the YMCA. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)
Posted inJournal Tribune
Greed makes corruption in sports hard to curb
On Friday, Ohio State University vacated its 2010 football season and relinquished its 2010 Sugar Bowl title and its share of the Big Ten football championship. The school made this decision after a windfall offseason that saw its head coach, Jim Tressel, resign under scrutiny, and one of its star players, Terrelle Pryor, abruptly leave […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
YMCA marks member’s 90th birthday
BIDDEFORD — Calvin Dunwoody is just a few days shy of 90 ”“ his birthday is Sunday ”“ but that hasn’t stopped the Kennebunk resident from staying active. Although triathlons and mountain climbing are no longer on his itinerary, Dunwoody still visits the Northern York County YMCA in Biddeford four times a week, where he […]