SCARBOROUGH Kids First Center director will give luncheon talk The Scarborough Kiwanis Club will host a luncheon talk with Kids First Center Executive Director Nici Carbone from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at The Egg & I, 183 Route 1. Call Joyce Leary Clark at 329-8488 or email [email protected]. Fiber arts techniques will be shown […]
2018
Letter to the editor: Armed guards in schools won’t protect all who need it
While protecting our children/students should be our first priority, President Trump needs to remember it’s not just the schools that need protecting. It’s also churches, movie theaters, concert halls, office buildings, shopping centers – and anywhere else a gunman could find a crowd. Do we put armed guards everywhere? All so the NRA can take […]
Letter to the editor: Trump/Russia dossier is fruit of poison tree
What may bring closure and relief to the non-stop hysteria, familiar to all of us as the investigation into President Trump’s alleged collusion with the Russians to influence the 2016 election, is a little known legal term known as “fruit of the poisonous tree.” This metaphor is used to describe evidence that is illegally obtained […]
Letter to the editor: Are Americans more evil than rest of world?
Dave Ricker’s letter to “stop going after our guns: teach kids respect” raises the point that “evil does not abide in a firearm but in the heart of man.” Of course I agree with this but it raises the question, why does the U.S. have a 25.2 higher rate of gun homicide than all the […]
Letter to the editor: Entire state of Maine failed Marissa Kennedy
Re: “Slain child endured months of abuse”(Feb. 28, Page A1): The entire state of Maine failed little Marissa Kennedy. Where were the neighbors who said they heard fighting but never called police? How could they not have heard the poor child screaming for her life? When the Stockton Springs police responded to domestic abuse calls, […]
Letter to the editor: Bill co-sponsored by King would help credit unions
The six biggest banks in the U.S. have over $10 trillion in assets.The largest credit union in Maine has under $500 million in assets. Big banks operate to serve their shareholders while credit unions are not-for-profit and exist to serve our members. Any excess profit from a credit union is returned to our members in […]
Letter to the editor: Relieve housing pressure on Portland metro area
Build subsidized housing at Mill Creek, and fix the infrastructure between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland.
Our View: Care for disabled adults needs better oversight
DHHS is faulted for failing to keep track of people in danger of falling through the cracks.
Harpswell to demolish water tower
HARPSWELL Mitchell Field’s water tower inspired a lot of passion in Harpswell at Saturday’s Town Meeting. A pair of warrant articles — of the 68 presented at the meeting — related to the water tower took up more than a third of the meeting with comments from residents and town officials. Up for debate was […]
Third nor’easter in two weeks on the horizon
BOSTON The Northeast is bracing for its third nor’easter in less than two weeks, while some people are still feeling the effects of the last storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some areas and left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. A southern storm is expected to make its way […]