A bill currently before the Legislature would raise taxes on Maine beverage consumers by $10 million every year. The proposal ignores serious problems with our recycling system. It’s also contrary to Gov. Janet Mills’ goal not to raise taxes and fees in her first budget. Maine beverage consumers already pay $36.5 million annually in handling […]
2019
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Show your support for Falmouth restaurant
I am writing in support of the Falmouth House of Pizza, because they are being kicked out of their premises in the Falmouth Shopping Center. I am amazed that there are no picket lines marching around in the parking lot in Falmouth. Why is there no hue and cry to protest this ouster of a […]
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Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: If only Balentine were trying to be satirical
I have ceased to read John Balentine’s opinion pieces because he is an ideologue who doesn’t seem to actually have an “opinion” of his own. But today while flipping through The Forecaster this quote caught my eye: “These Democrats posit unrealistic solutions, such as killing all cows, banning air travel and gas-powered engines, and replacing […]
Posted inNation & World
‘Game of Thrones’ recap: Who won the Battle of Winterfell?
The living and the dead do battle at the seat of House Stark.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Housing first’ should be part of statewide solution to homelessness
The initiatives, which put the chronically homeless straight into stable housing, are not really available outside of Portland.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Biden turns to Pennsylvania to pitch rebuilding American middle class
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election’s toughest battleground. Planting a flag in Pennsylvania makes sense for the longtime former senator from Delaware: He was born in Pennsylvania, has numerous ties to […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Dick Polman: On impeachment, will Democrats put country over party?
Just suppose, for the sake of argument, that a Democratic president had acted as a doormat for Russia, indulging and amplifying an unprecedented soft invasion of America via its electoral process. Just suppose, after having benefited from the cyber-invasion conducted on his behalf, that same Democratic president had sided with Russia against his own intelligence […]
Posted inCommunity
Births
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Freya Ahnarah Marie Alpizar, born April 17 to Janelle and Albert Alpizar of Lewiston. Grandparents are Tina and Tony Bevins of Lewiston and Jayne Stevens of Norway. Great-grandparents are Julian and Mariateresa Alpizar of Miami. Mid Coast Hospital Sean Jameson Amato, born April 7 to Alyssa Elizabeth and Sean Aliester […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Attaching false plates, violating bail conditions among Kennebunkport Police Log items
KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from April 16 to April 22, 2019: • Phillip O’Brien, 26, of Scarborough, was issued a summons for failure to display a current/valid certificate of inspection after the above violation was observed by officers on Maine Street. • Hugo Aguirre, 44, of […]
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