Joe Biden didn’t have to do a lot with his inaugural address Wednesday, just deliver a concise, clear speech that somehow knit together the soul of a deeply fractured nation. He needed to offer healing and comfort to the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose lives have been ripped apart by the COVID-19 pandemic while […]
January 2021
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Letters to the editor, Jan. 22
How is this a good deal and how is it not a tax increase? To the editor, When the pandemic first arrived, the Town of Scarborough correctly, but what appeared to be temporarily, shut down the transfer station in the industrial park off Pleasant Hill Road. This facility was apparently managed and run by Cassela’s […]
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Letter to the editor: Communication delays compound vaccine frustration
Well, a phone number for making an appointment to get a COVID vaccine has become available. (Those 70 and older can call for an appointment at 877-780-7545.) I’m 83, so, I am in the 1B category. But just try to get through on that phone number! Busy, busy, busy, and then they automatically end the […]
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Letter to the editor: Collins must clearly reject Trump’s lies, support Biden
The public needs to hear from Sen. Susan Collins that the presidential election of Nov. 3, 2020, was fair. It was not rigged. She needs to explain to the public that Donald Trump lost the election fair and square. Joe Biden is the new president. Trump’s sick behavior in failing to accept loss has split […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It Happened in Windham: Let it snow
Winters in Windham are never easy. There are below-zero temperatures, icy roads and walkways, frigid winds and, of course, snow. Lots and lots of snow. And over the course of the last two centuries, there have been some lollapalooza storms that blasted their way to our town. In March 1888, a nor’easter blustered up the […]
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Face shields worn by 2 lawmakers not effective against transmission of COVID-19, says Maine CDC
Top lawmakers are urging their colleagues to stop ‘trying to skirt basic health and safety rules’ with face shields that the state’s health agency says don’t protect adequately against coronavirus transmission.
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Camden Conference and Scarborough Public Library partner to offer virtual programs
The Scarborough Public Library partners each year with the Camden Conference to bring a series of original programs to the community in anticipation of the annual conference held in February. Virtual talks related to the 2021 Camden Conference theme, The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril, feature three esteemed speakers. […]
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David Treadwell: Notes from the Interviewer’s Desk – Part I
Interviewer: “Describe yourself in three adjectives.” Admissions candidate: “Good looking. Intelligent. (long pause) Humble.” That’s just one memory that emerged as I reflected upon my 50-year career doing interviews for my work: in college admissions, while doing research for writing admissions and fundraising materials for colleges and schools around the country, as a freelance writer […]
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Letter to the editor: CMP getting away with overcharging customers
Maine regulators should be cracking down on the utility; instead, they’re excusing its misconduct.
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Giving to neighbors through the Buy Nothing Project
The Buy Nothing Mt. Blue Area Facebook group is promoting a neighborly, gift-giving economy in Franklin County.