Unless I’m mistaken, 2011 is shaping up to be another year without a summer, at least not much of one. Here we are sailing into July and I haven’t been to the beach yet, we don’t have the raft out at the lake, and next week is Clam Festival. Having lived in Yarmouth 30 years […]

“Kiss my toxic landfill” asks Edgar Allen Beem? No, kiss my toxic governor. Paul LePage is following the script from Tea Party Central. It is written, it is being implemented, and no public opposition will influence the plan. I come from New Jersey, where toxic wastes have forced the closing of beaches, turned rivers orange, […]

The June 14 Falmouth municipal election results showed us what happens when motivated voters truly get into the political process. There are some who feel the use of political signs has gone way too far however, this year’s old-style political activities were in part a direct result of this increase in sign usage. I pray […]

For over a year and in several ads in this paper I have pointed out excessive over-payments to vendors of goods and services for the Falmouth School Department. I have been soundly criticized by School Board members for taking department management to task. Just recently a new vendor contract has come to light: Expense Reduction […]

I am writing a letter to support Nancy Thompson, one of the best candidates for House District 121 that I have seen in 11 years that I have lived in Cape Elizabeth. Nancy is well known and loved in Cape for her work on the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation board from 2007-2010 and her 21 […]

Your editorial (“Hear no Evil”) reminds me that when we oversimplify an issue, we overlook common sense. A complaint about how cafeteria employees handled lunch is not a direct concern of a school committee, whose role is clearly defined by law. A Yarmouth policy addressing complaints outlines an appropriate process. Whether or not I agree […]