2013
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster

Goodrich wins the Fitzy

by The Forecaster

Cheverus senior standout and Fall Male Athlete of the Year Donald Goodrich was named the 42nd winner of the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy as the top senior football player in the state at Sunday’s ceremony at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. Goodrich had 1,722 rushing yards (averaging nearly nine yards per carry) and 22 touchdowns, […]

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Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster

The Universal Notebook: It's time to tax guns, ammo

by Edgar Allen Beem

Walking the dog the other day at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland, I was treated to the incessant bam-bam, bam-bam-bam, bam-bam, bam-bam-bam-bam, bam of someone targeting shooting somewhere off to the west. At least I hope they were just target shooting. You can’t discharge a firearm in Maine within 300 feet of any residential […]

Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Forecaster Forum: Reports that we are dying are greatly exaggerated

by Cheryl Wormley

Back in 1897, James Ross Clemens was ill. Not-so-careful passing on of information resulted in word that Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, was dying in London. When an enterprising reporter decided to check on Twain before publishing his demise, the author responded, “The report of my death was […]

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Letter: Looking forward to Delogu's follow-up

by The Forecaster

I would like to thank Orland Delogu for his well-researched Policy Wonk column on corporate welfare in Maine (“Corporate welfare in Maine: Alive, well – and growing”). Readers, I’m sure, look forward to further examination of what our tax dollars pay for jobs in Maine (presently outrageous) and possibly a new formula to rectify what […]

Posted inClose to Home

Juliana L’Heureux: Louis XVI bio by Brunswick author

by Juliana L'Heureux

Brunswick writer Alison Johnson enjoys her bi-weekly lunches with a local group of Franco-American friends. Johnson speaks fluent French and enjoys visiting France at least once a year.  Now, she’s about to publish a biography about one of the most notably tragic monarchs in French history. Johnson’s interest in the French motivated her to write […]

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