Even as a layman (not a lawyer), it strikes me as odd that the city of Portland does not treat panhandling on the medians as an opportunity to regulate commerce – which is perfectly legal and has nothing to do with free speech. Require a permit for panhandling and apply the same rules as any […]
May 2014
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Letter to the editor: Brunswick’s too-large staff driving property taxes up
Folks, do not settle in Brunswick. In the last four years, our property taxes were raised by more than 18 percent. How much can residents and our small businesses afford? Brunswick is in a state of chaos and decline, and nobody on our Town Council can rein in this overspending. Now I am not, and […]
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Letter to the editor: State Senate candidate Steve Woods has real facts, experience
As Steve Woods gave a speech at his state Senate campaign kickoff last Wednesday, I realized that there really is no difference between Steve on a podium, in a business suit and in his jeans at one of his children’s games. Steve’s speech wasn’t your typical campaign speech – it was given by a real […]
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Letter to the editor: Shine spotlight on responsible students in Westbrook, other schools
After teaching for 40 years (30 of them in Westbrook), I have reached the conclusion that the vast majority of students in schools are good people. They behave responsibly most of the time and work hard to try to do the right thing all of the time. Westbrook students certainly fit that description. Do students […]
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On the Move
NEW FACES • Mark Fochesato joined MaineToday Media Inc. as an online production specialist at the Morning Sentinel. Fochesato, of Winthrop, has several years of experience in online and media advertising and sales. He held numerous account executive roles at the New Haven Register, The Bargain News/bargainnews.com, Realtor.com, Autotrader.com and the Hartford Courant. REHIRES • […]
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Ruth Marcus: Antonin Scalia proves that justices are not infallible
The Supreme Court justice deserves empathy after the whopper he made in a dissent last week.
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Human remains identified
RICHMOND After local police found human remains in Richmond on Monday morning, Maine State Police say they believe the remains belong to a Gardiner man and are asking for the public’s help to find out what happened to him. Lt. Christopher Coleman of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit said during a press conference […]
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Humane Society’s adoption blitz places pets from the South
BRUNSWICK An adoption blitz at the Coastal Humane Society over the weekend saw the placement of 34 pets — including all of the animals that had been transported from the South on the nonprofit’s inaugural pet rescue road trip. Rose Smeltzer, an employee at the animal care facility located at 30 Range Road in Brunswick, […]
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Town Council on budget: No more than 4% increase
BRUNSWICK Members of the Brunswick Town Council have said that they will not entertain an increase in the combined proposed budget of more than 4 percent. Brunswick’s proposed school budget could mean a tax hike of 3.69 percent, according to updated information from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski, who presented the budget to the council on Monday. […]
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Bowdoin College solar utility line approved
BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College’s plan for a solar array at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station took a step forward, after the Town Council unanimously approved a permit to install an electrical line between the former base and the college. That property is owned by Bowdoin College, on land once part of the former military base. […]