CAPE ELIZABETH – A group of girls at Cape Elizabeth High School have launched a drive to ensure that no one is forced to forego prom night for lack of financial means. Their new organization, Cape Closet, is a chapter of national nonprofit Becca’s Closet, founded in 2003 to distribute lightly used gowns and dresses […]
Current
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth students filling the ‘Closet’
CAPE ELIZABETH – A group of girls at Cape Elizabeth High School have launched a drive to ensure that no one is forced to forego prom night for lack of financial means. Their new organization, Cape Closet, is a chapter of national nonprofit Becca’s Closet, founded in 2003 to distribute lightly used gowns and dresses […]
advertisement
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Linscott beats De Angelis in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Unofficial results in South Portland City Council race have newcomer Melissa Linscott beating incumbent Rosemarie De Angelis, 7,144-5,514. City voters backed same-sex marriage 9,771-4,446, and said yes to each of the four statewide bond issues. In other results, city residents voted for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney (9,956-4,104). Angus King, projected […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Linscott beats De Angelis in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Unofficial results in South Portland City Council race have newcomer Melissa Linscott beating incumbent Rosemarie De Angelis, 7,144-5,514. City voters backed same-sex marriage 9,771-4,446, and said yes to each of the four statewide bond issues. In other results, city residents voted for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney (9,956-4,104). Angus King, projected […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Linscott beats De Angelis in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Unofficial results in South Portland City Council race have newcomer Melissa Linscott beating incumbent Rosemarie De Angelis, 7,144-5,514. City voters backed same-sex marriage 9,771-4,446, and said yes to each of the four statewide bond issues. In other results, city residents voted for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney (9,956-4,104). Angus King, projected […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Linscott beats De Angelis in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Unofficial results in South Portland City Council race have newcomer Melissa Linscott beating incumbent Rosemarie De Angelis, 7,144-5,514. City voters backed same-sex marriage 9,771-4,446, and said yes to each of the four statewide bond issues. In other results, city residents voted for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney (9,956-4,104). Angus King, projected […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Before we hunker down …
First things first: Thank you to the dozen readers who took time in the last couple of weeks to send thank-you notes and express appreciation for this column. We are most grateful for your encouraging words. Before the pumpkin is smashed for the pie, before the turkey is stuffed and long before the silver is […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Web
QUINN'S CORNER – Coffee-shop gang ?crunches numbers
Bloggers feature tales of how much better things were “in the old days” – 50-cent gas versus $4 gas, and so on. Their riffs are entertaining, but inaccurate. To compare an FDR dollar with an Obama dollar is apples and oranges. Two bits in the 1930s deserved some thought; a quarter today is beneath notice. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Web
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Hand shakes and middle fingers
The campaign is over. It’s time to get gussied up for Maine’s premier political awards show. Pull the fancy duds out of storage, and cover up any moth holes with duct tape and Bondo. (Those of you without dinner wear and designer gowns will still be admitted in denim jeans, shirts and jackets – an […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – A sliced-bread ‘need’ to know
When people can’t think of something original and clever to say – which is most of the time for some – they’ll often fall back on the worn phrase, “It’s the best thing since sliced bread.”? Often, after hearing the expression, I’d scratch my head and wonder just how sliced bread became the benchmark against […]