As a past Cumberland County commissioner, I am expressing my support for Sheriff Kevin Joyce’s re-election. During my tenure, I observed him skillfully struggle to provide adequate public services and police protection for communities with a minimum budget; he serves the county’s communities with a bare-bones budget while protecting the county’s citizens. When asked to […]
May 2014
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Letter to the editor: Crewe Foundation thanked for far-seeing philanthropy
Re: “Maine college using record gift of $3 million to teach art and music synchronicity” (April 29): As president of Portland Ovations, I would like to thank the Crewe Foundation for its grant of $10,000 to help stage our new opera “The Summer King.” Music, opera and baseball fans everywhere will benefit. As a citizen […]
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Letter to the editor: ‘Maine psychic’ Monroe unworthy of validation
I would like to echo the sentiments of William Lee in his April 28 letter (“Report on ‘Maine psychic’ questioned”) as he questions validating Vicki Monroe, dubbed a “Maine psychic” by your reporter Ray Routhier. Maine needs to proudly embrace science, not unverifiable folk myths. Vicki Monroe is financially exploiting people who are grieving for […]
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George Will: The heavy hand of the IRS seizes innocent Americans’ assets
Under civil forfeiture laws, the government can sieze assets of those merely suspected of a crime.
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Brunswick eyeing 7% tax increase
BRUNSWICK Brunswick residents may be paying 7.12 percent more in taxes this year, according to a combined budget proposal submitted to the Town Council on Thursday. The proposal includes municipal, county and school budgets. According to Interim Town Manager and Finance Director John Eldridge, the total proposed budget would increase expenditures by more than $1.5 […]
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Town Council seeking input on Bowdoin’s solar project
BRUNSWICK The Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposed underground electrical line that would connect a 3-acre solar array project at the former Navy base with Bowdoin College’s campus. Bowdoin has partnered with California company SolarCity, which is building and maintaining the solar array that, when completed, would be the largest […]
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Freeport’s new Officer Cassie shows off skills
FREEPORT The Freeport Police Department showcased the skills of its new K9 officer, Cassie, at the Freeport Community Services’ Community Night on May 1. Representatives from the fire department, Freeport Conservation Land Trust, Freeport High School Interact Club and others also presented programs and services recently available to the town, and services soon to be […]
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‘I cry for him every day’
BRUNSWICK For Topsham resident Jane Baker, the death of her boyfriend, Blaine Clark, to brain cancer last year is still an open wound. “He was my love, he’s my best friend. It’s been a year, and I cry for him every day still and every night when I go to bed,” said Baker. To honor […]
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Brunswick hospitals receive A ratings
BRUNSWICK Parkview Adventist Medical Center and Mid Coast Hospital both got top marks for safety in a national survey of hospitals. The survey, conducted by the independent employerbased coalition Leapfrog Group, took into account factors including errors, accidents and injuries reported by the hospitals, including deaths and accidents caused as result of medical treatment, as […]