CUMBERLAND — For seven straight years, the Massabesic girls cross country team ran with a monkey on its back at the Western Maine regional meet. That monkey, however, was nowhere in sight on Saturday afternoon on a perfect fall day at Twin Brook Recreation Area. The Mustangs didn’t have a top-five finisher ”“ Emily Wasina […]
October 2014
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Vote yes on HB 4307, HB 4038 to support raw milk
It is very frightening that raw milk has been singled out as a dangerous food, and that the government is trying to dictate what Americans can eat. I feel that all Americans have the right to decide what foods they can eat, not to mention the many studies that show the clear benefits of drinking […]
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Obama in Maine this week to help Michaud
PORTLAND(AP) — President Barack Obama is planning to swing through Maine this week to campaign for Democratic governor hopeful Mike Michaud. Obama is headlining a rally for Michaud on Oct. 30 at the Portland Exposition Building. Democrats are hoping that Obama’s visit to Maine just days before the Nov. 4 election will excite Democratic voters […]
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Overtime goal lifts Kennebunk past Cape, into field hockey semis
KENNEBUNK — Tiffany Weeks remembers what it was like to walk off of Cape Elizabeth’s Hannaford Field last October after a 1-0 playoff defeat ”“ the hurt, the what ifs and might-have-been chances. The Kennebunk midfielder didn’t want to want to experience those same feelings again Saturday, when the Rams and Capers again squared off […]
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Democrats controlled nation when economy nose-dived
Mr. Weil hits some of the nails on the head, but not all, in his “Politicians promise jobs but can’t produce.” Most of the fixes he advocates are mere Band-Aids, which cannot begin to stem the bleeding of an arterial wound. That wound was caused by the North American Free Trade Agreement and General Agreement […]
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Rams top McAuley in girls soccer prelim
KENNEBUNK — Cara McCluskey scored a hat trick and Hallie Schwartzman added a second-half goal as sixth-seeded Kennebunk beat 11th-seeded McAuley 4-1 in a Western Class A preliminary round girls soccer game on Saturday at Veteran’s Memorial Field. The Rams (8-4-3) will take on third-seeded Marshwood (11-2-1) in a quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Wednesday in […]
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Letter: Tell Collins Maine supports Clean Power
What is it they say? “If you don’t like the weather in Maine, just wait a minute.” Well, we are headed into a time of even more unpredictable weather as the impact of a changing climate affects us all, our health, and our wallets more and more. Bigger and more frequent storms are washing out […]
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Letter: Help strengthen Maine's Clean Election Act
Maine has been a leader in the effort to get big money out of elections. Through a citizen initiative passed in 1996, Maine established the Clean Election Act, a process through which qualified candidates for gubernatorial or state legislative races can choose to refrain from typical private fundraising and instead receive public funding to support […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Brunswick benefit art sale the most successful yet
On a recent Friday night in Brunswick, crowds gathered at Curtis Memorial Library and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church to appreciate the work of Maine artists and to support an important cause: art for kids. The seventh annual 10×10 Benefit Art Exhibit & Sale was the most successful to date. We sold 100 original works of […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: Perception, reality and the elephants in the room
There exists a Grand Canyon-esque gap between the general perception of our challenges here in Maine and the various realities we’re facing as a state. If you listen to most politicians, you hear only theatrical rants, hypnotic sound bites and rote promises relating to the symptoms – and never honest analysis of the root causes. […]