CMP and its parent companies are in it for the money when it comes to the NECEC corridor.
2021
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford city manager to be president of Maine Municipal Association
BIDDEFORD — James Bennett, city manager of Biddeford, will be the president of the Maine Municipal Association Executive Committee in 2022. Elaine Aloes, Selectboard chair in Solon was selected to serve as the vice president in 2022. Bennett’s tenure begins Jan. 1, when he will lead the 12-member committee that steers MMA operational and budgeting […]
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Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Climate change, racial equity among the issues in Portland’s District 2 race
A political newcomer is taking on a longtime Portland resident and former elected official for a seat on the Portland City Council representing the West End and Parkside.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine hits positive milestone on COVID
As more people get vaccinated, we can expect fewer infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach residents earn academic honors
The University of Maine at Farmington dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester includes Biddeford students: Spencer Arnold, High Honors; Andrea Bouthillette, High Honors; Old Orchard Beach: Theo Estevao, High Honors; Josee Hartley, Honors; Meghan LaPlante, High Honors; and Saco: Ripley Biggs, Honors; Erika Holbrook, High Honors; Abby Pomerleau, High Honors; Katie Sewell, Honors; Truman […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Letter ridiculing students’ climate change effort is off the mark
Jack Reetz’ letter (“Lead by Example on Climate Change,” Oct. 5) tries to ridicule a student-led effort to divest 100 percent of the University of Maine’s fossil fuel investments. He sarcastically suggests that UMaine students should “immediately divest themselves of every form of their fossil-fuel transportation for the rest of this school year” and that […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: NECEC corridor isn’t perfect, but it is needed now
The world’s most immediate need is any and all means of reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Portland school board member who resigned says closed meeting was ‘disturbing at best’
Jeff Irish says that his decision to resign Tuesday was made independently of another board member’s announced departure, and that he had concerns about an executive session in August for some time.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
We must save Roe v. Wade
I was 18 years old when the U.S. Supreme Court guaranteed a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions in Roe v. Wade. If you’ve only known an America where abortion was safe and legal, it can be hard to comprehend the suffering woman endured before Roe. But in this country – the […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letter: Question 1 is about the CMP Corridor, plain and simple.
Unless you live in a cave, you’ve seen the ad campaign that CMP unleashed about how their corridor was going to save the planet from climate change. What you may not have noticed is that those ads have stopped in favor of a new approach as the international corporation likely saw that their “green” ad […]