Working tends to keep people physically active, socially connected and mentally challenged – all things known to help prevent mental decline.
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The Universal Notebook: Dictatorship by veto
At what point does substituting your individual will for the collective wisdom of a governing body and the expressed desires of a voting public cross the line from principled stand to abuse of power? I’d say Gov. Paul LePage crossed that line this legislative session by vetoing a record-shattering 83 bills, most of which passed […]
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Superintendent's Notebook: Book club will discuss teen's view of school
I’m starting a book club, and you’re invited to participate. At our first meeting in September, we’ll discuss a provocative book about American education written by a 17-year-old high school student. “One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School” was published last fall. Since then, the author, Nikhil Goyal, has become a […]
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Poland Spring truck rolls over in Casco
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to the rollover involving a Poland Spring truck just after 6:30 a.m.
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Missing toddler’s father facing Portland assault charge
Justin DiPietro, who was caring for Ayla Reynolds when she disappeared in 2011, is free on bail.
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Letter: Kudos to Yarmouth Fire and Rescue
In response to Amory Houghton’s gracious “thank-you” letter of last week, I am a disaster response volunteer for the American Red Cross. Along with my colleague Lori Whittemore, I was privileged to respond to the explosion in Yarmouth. We are grateful for Houghton’s acknowledgment of our service, but we do not want to mislead the […]
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Letter: Beem misunderstands Berlin's tribute to America
I thoroughly enjoyed Edgar Allen Beem’s column, “Nationalism is not patriotism,” right up until he made that gratuitous and misguided swipe at “God Bless America,” a wonderful patriotic song (yes, Mr. Beem, it fits your definition of that term) by the United States’ greatest songwriter, Irving Berlin. Berlin, born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia, in […]
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Letter: Utopian society likely to elude Beem
In a recent column, Edgar Allen Beem opined “… the idea that people identify so heavily with the little patch of earth where they were born and where they live is a very peculiar phenomenon.” Peculiar as this near-universal emotion may be, legions of ordinary folk, past and present, have felt a magnetic attraction to […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Three-peat at the Peaks to Portland swim
Kirsten Read of Arundel approaches the finish line of Saturday’s YMCA Peaks to Portland swim on East End Beach. Read, 48, was the first woman to finish the 2.4-mile swim from the island to the mainland (55:08, 13th overall). Kirsten Read approaches the finish line after swimming from Peaks to Portland. Scott Yeomans sprints to […]
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Firefighters battle train car fire in Topsham
TOPSHAM — Firefighters from at six towns fought a fire in a train car at Grimmel Industries on Sunday afternoon. At 3:15 p.m., Topsham Fire Chief Brian Stockdale said the fire was still smoldering. The fire did not extend to an adjacent four-story building. Crews received reports of an explosion and fire at the junkyard […]