PORTLAND — With tight budgets, school districts across Maine have turned to pay-to-play policies in recent years to support their extracurricular programs. But in the Portland Public Schools no fee is charged for participation. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Jeanne Crocker this week said, “We are committed to continuing that.” “We are proud of our co-curricular program […]
2018
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Portland schools 'committed' to fee-free extracurricular programs
PORTLAND — With tight budgets, school districts across Maine have turned to pay-to-play policies in recent years to support their extracurricular programs. But in the Portland Public Schools no fee is charged for participation. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Jeanne Crocker this week said, “We are committed to continuing that.” “We are proud of our co-curricular program […]
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Wake Up Weather – January 9, 2018
We have a nice day ahead with skies become mostly sunny and comfortable temperatures with highs near normal.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine brewers stand to save about $1 million from less tax per barrel
Part of the federal tax reforms passed last year were significant cuts to the excise tax imposed on craft brewers.
Posted inMaine, News
A snowy vehicle roof may not be illegal, but it sure is dangerous
Maine does not explicitly require drivers to clear snow from their car roofs before hitting the road. One Gardiner man learned it the hard way.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Tax overhaul law also damages our fragile health care system
I much appreciated the recent op-ed published in which Albert A. DiMillo Jr. confronted Sen. Susan Collins’ pathetic self-justification of her vote in favor of the Republican tax scam. He focused on taxation issues specifically, but the implications for health care are at least as dangerous. By nonpartisan assessment, repealing the individual mandate will result […]
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Letter to the editor: Choose patriotism, which binds us together, over hating America
The progressive left’s credo that sees America as the problem in the world, not the solution, is dividing our exceptional country.
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Letter to the editor: Sign a petition to insist on use of ranked-choice voting in Maine
The original Maine Constitution of 1820 called for majority votes in order to elect our governor and other leaders. In 1880, after a three-way race for governor resulted in nobody getting the majority and two candidates claiming victory, the state constitution was changed to require only a plurality in order to elect a leader. Today, […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine close to missing out on huge potential of wind energy
Let’s jump on the wind energy bandwagon! Maine has the greatest potential for wind energy in New England, and wind energy production costs are trending down worldwide. Investment in wind energy generates a high return. Maine can create jobs and profit from the sale of wind energy to southern New England. But Maine better hurry […]