2018 – Page 14 – The Portland Press Herald

Portland to seek input on water protection

by David Harry December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

PORTLAND — With water coursing throughout the city and its history, municipal officials are looking to improve ways to protect it. At 5:30 p.m. Jan. 9, the Department of Public Works Water Resources Division will host its first public information meeting on developing an integrated management plan encompassing stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, the working waterfront, public access […]

Letter: Balentine blind to reality of low income

by The Forecaster December 31, 2018

John Balentine states that “unlike liberals and progressives who preach that income inequality lowers one’s happiness quotient, conservatives realize that one’s happiness is not tied to income.” Could he really be that obtuse? He actually believes that someone who has to work two minimum wage jobs to get by, but still can’t afford health care, […]

Forecaster Opinion, The Forecaster

Letter: Conservatives aren't mean, just clueless

by The Forecaster December 31, 2018

Thank you for running John Balentine’s column. I don’t like it, but sometimes it helps me understand the workings of a conservative’s mind. For example, in Balentine’s recent Christmas tree rant he offers us this insight: “Unlike liberals … who preach that income inequality lowers one’s happiness quotient, conservatives realize that one’s happiness is not […]

Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster

Peaks Island doctor brings practice to pages in new book

by David Harry December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

PORTLAND — It begins with a waterman’s infected finger and moves quickly to a house call to aid a woman with one lung who was having breathing problems. In between is Casco Bay, flowing through the book “Go by Boat,” by Peaks Island Dr. Chuck Radis. Now being pitched to publishers, the book is the first of […]

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Al Hawkes, 1930-2018: Musician ‘an icon for our city’

by Michael Kelley December 31, 2018January 2, 2019

WESTBROOK — Country and bluegrass legend Al Hawkes entertained generations of music fans across the country and was deemed a “national treasure,” but for folks in Westbrook, he was, more importantly, a local treasure. Hawkes, who turned 88 on Christmas Day, died in the early morning hours of Dec. 28 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice […]

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