The new distribution center will allow the statewide food bank to better serve hunger relief agencies in York County.
2013
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Global Matters: Overcoming 'post-outburst' syndrome
Last week, Gov. Paul LePage let loose the latest in a growing list of angry, intemperate, and thoughtless remarks. The most recent outburst was extreme in its vulgarity, but otherwise all of a piece with prior offensive remarks the governor has made. He’s done it before and he will do it again. The sad part […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
The View From Away: A mash note to my soul mate
By the time this is published, I will have missed being with Carol on her birthday, and it makes me sad. Generally, birthdays are a non-issue for me. We did not celebrate them in my house. I never even memorized them. I was off by three days about my mother’s birthday until a couple of […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Micromanaging is SAD 51 board's duty
School Administrative District 51 board member Bill Richards stated the public needs to be educated about the role of the board member: “It’s not the management of schools.” He equates the School Board to a private corporation board. SAD 51 is a monopoly. Taxpayers with children can choose private school, but historically only 8 percent […]
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Letter: Noting Beem's Obama reality check
Edgar Allen Beem is a man to be commended (“The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?”), but he also used The Forecaster as a political tool in 2008 and 2012 while he was drinking the Kool-Aid. He forgot his constitutional duty as a member of the free press to fully investigate both sides and […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Medicaid veto a 'sad, unfortunate' event
Maine missed out on an extraordinary opportunity when the Legislature was unable to override the governor’s veto of an extension of Medicaid benefits to thousands of residents without basic health insurance coverage. Having already voted to pay off past accumulated hospital debt, the Legislature considered a compromise expansion proposal offered by a preeminent Republican lawmaker, […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Dog days of summer are unkind to dogs
I am a letter carrier in Yarmouth. As I walk the postal beat each day it never ceases to amaze me that I see dogs left in hot cars or runners dragging their dogs on long hot runs in the hottest heat of the day. It makes me furious. Thousands of dogs die each year […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Thanks for backing Scarborough school budget
The following remarks are my own and do not reflect the the position of the Scarborough Board of Education. Thank you to the voters for your support of the budget. I am thankful that more parents took notice of the situation than had during the first validation vote. Scarborough had its highest turnout ever for […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Lightning strikes Gorham home
GORHAM – Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said Monday that a Gorham home at 135 Brackett Road sustained only minimal damage after being struck by lightning at 6:52 p.m. in the storm on June 23. Lefebvre said there was a significant amount of flames when firefighters arrived but the blaze was confined to the attic […]
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US factory boss held hostage by workers in Beijing
The labor action reflects uneasiness among workers about their jobs amid China’s slowing economic growth and the sense that growing labor costs make the country less attractive for some foreign-owned factories.