Causeway Update A special town meeting was held last Monday asking residents to vote on a bond of $220,000 to cover capital improvements to the Naples Causeway area. This bond will cover many of the expenses while also providing a cushion that selectmen can utilize for unforeseen costs. Bridging the Generations Raffle Naples Main Street […]
March 2012
ON THE RIGHT LANE – Taxation without constipation
You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I’m telling you why. Windham has a town government committed to creating a sewer system that a large number of homes will never be connected to but may very well end up paying dearly for while maintaining their own septic systems. I guess […]
ON GUARD DUTY – We're not Greece … yet
Remember all the fuss about raising the debt ceiling last summer? The Tea Party caucus insisting that lending even more money to a government already insanely in debt was just plain crazy. Good point, but we did it anyway. Then we did it again in January, and hardly anybody squawked. We’ve joined Greece, Italy and […]
Hundreds rally in NYC for Fla. teenager shot dead
Demonstrators chanting “we want arrests” converged on Manhattan’s Union Square for the Million Hoodie March.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE – Seweriously, folks?
I’m back and wondering how seriously Windham’s elected and municipal officials are taking the proposition of a sewer. I’ve got a few questions that I would like answered by the time Windham’s residents are asked to vote on this in November 2012. Was the 302 Corridor Schematic Design and Project (aka, the Spine) devised to […]
AUGUSTA MATTERS – Helping neighbors in a time of need
Every couple of weeks I sit down on a Sunday afternoon and think about what I want to write about in my biweekly column. Sometimes those topics come easily to me, like when I wrote about the plight of loggers in northern Maine. Other times, like this time, I struggled a little more. I spent […]
AUGUSTA MATTERS – Helping neighbors in a time of need
Every couple of weeks I sit down on a Sunday afternoon and think about what I want to write about in my biweekly column. Sometimes those topics come easily to me, like when I wrote about the plight of loggers in northern Maine. Other times, like this time, I struggled a little more. I spent […]
‘Stand Your Ground Law’ at center of Fla. shooting
Like many self-defense cases, two sides of the story have emerged.
Romney trying to shake off Etch A Sketch comment
When Mitt Romney should have been enjoying the spoils of his win in the Illinois primary, an off-handed comment by a senior aide puts him on the defensive instead.
French standoff ends with terror suspect shot in the head
Inspired by radical Islam, the gunman methodically killed French schoolchildren, a rabbi and soldiers and faced down hundreds of police for 32 hours.