I want to thank the voters of Falmouth for allowing me to serve the school system from which I graduated 61 years ago this month. I also want to congratulate the two winners of the recent election to the School Board and echo the comments made in this paper by the two losers, who are […]
2013
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Barker has been a gift to Yarmouth schools
The Yarmouth School Department has been beyond lucky to be led by Ron Barker as intern superintendent for the past few months. It should be acknowledged that Barker graciously stepped up to fill big shoes in Yarmouth at a very difficult time. He has dealt with controversial issues, such as the school budget and security, […]
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Posted inBusiness, News
U.S. homebuilder confidence soars to 7-year high
Steady job growth, low mortgage rates, rising home prices and tight supplies of homes for sale have supported a recovery in housing this year.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Maine should mandate full-day kindergarten
I encourage readers to support funding LD 1143, “An Act to Provide Full Day Kindergarten Programs,” to mandate full-day kindergarten in all districts in Maine. Early childhood is an incredibly formative time for children both academically and socio-emotionally, and school systems need to take advantage of this time. It has been empirically proved that students […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Beem ignores Maine's active seminaries
Edgar Allen Beem recently lamented the loss of Bangor Theological Seminary as another blow to the Christian community in the ongoing drive towards secularism in our country. The fact is that Bangor Theological joined the secular movement years ago and its decline and ultimate closure is in some portion related to that change. Indeed its […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Yarmouth, NYA teams exemplify sportsmanship
As Michael Hoffer so ably noted in The Forecaster, Yarmouth and North Yarmouth Academy are long-time boys lacrosse rivals and played a close, hard-fought playoff game that was in doubt until the final second. The final and deciding goal was scored in the waning minutes as the result of a momentary mistake by the NYA […]
Posted inBusiness
World looks to Bernanke to clarify stimulus plans
Financial markets have been gyrating in the 3½ weeks since he told Congress the Fed might scale back its effort to keep long-term rates at record lows.
Posted inNation & World, News
Chinese supercomputer named as world’s fastest
The Tianhe-2 is capable of sustained computing of 33.86 petaflops – or 33,860 trillion calculations – per second.
Posted inMaine, News
2 drivers killed Monday in Augusta Route 3 head-on crash
A head-on crash claims Laura Hall, 46, and Dean A. James, 45; James, who caused the crash by crossing the center line, was a convicted drug dealer.
Posted inAmerican Journal
BASEBALL: Westbrook wins state crown
AUGUSTA – Westbrook’s Zack Bean, a star on the mound, came up big on the base paths as well, beating out a possible double play to allow Ryan Gilligan to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning of Saturday’s Class A state championship. The Blue Blazes added another run, and Bean finished off a […]