SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland School Department has submitted its final plans for a renovated and rebuilt high school and is requesting bids from contractors, according to a statement released today. The press release follows in its entirety: Bid documents for the management and construction of the expansion and renovation of South Portland High […]
2012
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Web
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Bad as me
I’m an economist in much the same sense that I’m commissioner of the National Football League. Only with fewer qualifications. I actually know a little about football (although I failed miserably when I attempted to explain the Cover Two defense to my wife). But when it comes to economics, I remember virtually nothing from the […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Resolved: No resolutions
Did you celebrate New Year’s? You did? Mind if I ask why? I can see celebrating the first day of the year if you’re a race horse. On Jan. 1, all race horses celebrate a birthday regardless of when they were born. Foals become yearlings, yearlings become 2-year-olds and so on. For that reason, as […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – ‘Extra Help’ for prescription drug costs
Last August, while we were enjoying our summer and relatively warm weather, we missed a few news items and press releases that could affect our health and the way we live – and our budget. Winter budgets are a concern to a lot of us folks. Now that I’m not distracted by enticing weather, I […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Before you blame public unions …
Among other advantages, unions serve to give workers some protection, and government unions are not excepted. Civil service, which is often invoked as a sufficient protection for public employees, was not created for that purpose. Rather, it came about to prevent political corruption – to ensure that new political brooms couldn’t sweep public services clean […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Wide range of issues awaits Yarmouth Town Council
YARMOUTH — Improvements to the town garage, the future of the Royal River dams, infrastructure upgrades, budget priorities and zoning amendments are a few of the topics the Town Council will face beginning this week. Discussions will get underway with a workshop Thursday at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Cabin at 196 Main St. […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Freeport to explore 'quiet zones' for downtown railroad crossings
FREEPORT — With Amtrak Downeaster train service expected to begin in less than a year, the Town Council will consider establishing “quiet zones” at four downtown-area crossings. Sande Updegraph, executive director of the Freeport Economic Development Corp., Tuesday provided the council with information on how to request quiet zones and a proposal to have Tec […]
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Enrollment rise puts pressure on Falmouth school budget
FALMOUTH — With enrollment up by 50 students over last year, the School Department may be facing difficult budget decisions. Last year, the $26.2 million school budget called for a 6.3 percent increase in property taxes. The increase was due primarily to the first interest payments on the bond for the new elementary school, and […]
Posted inTimes Record
Romney by 8 votes
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early today, bringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. Appearing hours after the caucuses ended, […]
Posted inTimes Record
Digging for Answers
PHIPPSBURG — In the two years since the Department of Marine Resources implemented a new system to detect pollution in the Kennebec River, shellfish harvesters in Phippsburg say the flats have been closed more often than not. Added to the acidification of flats in the New Meadows River, digging clams has become a tenuous livelihood, leaving […]