It was just another damp foggy morning here at Storyteller Central. I was sitting here at my neat but not overly ostentatious desk – OK, it’s really a disaster area and now that I think about it, my desk is a tad too ostentatious around the edges for some – sipping my Folger’s Breakfast Blend […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Roosting tactics could be a ruse
It was just another damp foggy morning here at Storyteller Central. I was sitting here at my neat but not overly ostentatious desk – OK, it’s really a disaster area and now that I think about it, my desk is a tad too ostentatious around the edges for some – sipping my Folger’s Breakfast Blend […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Seven decades of memories
In a couple of days, I’ll be 75 – not old enough to get the Boston Post Cane as a symbol of my longevity, but old enough to be asked about what my childhood was like. I’m becoming history, I guess. Some years ago, the grade school I attended from ages 5-9 closed in the […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Seven decades of memories
In a couple of days, I’ll be 75 – not old enough to get the Boston Post Cane as a symbol of my longevity, but old enough to be asked about what my childhood was like. I’m becoming history, I guess. Some years ago, the grade school I attended from ages 5-9 closed in the […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Drinking with the devil
As the dog days of August drag on, you may be unlucky enough to encounter a campaigning politician. If so, Maine law discourages the use of pepper spray or Tasers. Fortunately, though, there’s no statute that forbids mitigating the candidates’ mind-numbing mumblings by downing alcoholic beverages. This method works even if the pol decides to […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Some questions of faith
At the coffee shop this week, Professor Lucius Flatley offered presidential religion as a topic. In light of the intense scrutiny of Mr. Obama’s pastor, Flatley thought it worthwhile to take a look at Mr. Romney’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). A large church “native” to the United States, the LDS […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Some questions of faith
At the coffee shop this week, Professor Lucius Flatley offered presidential religion as a topic. In light of the intense scrutiny of Mr. Obama’s pastor, Flatley thought it worthwhile to take a look at Mr. Romney’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). A large church “native” to the United States, the LDS […]
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Vet's bridge rollover leads to arrest
SOUTH PORTLAND – A Massachusetts man was arrested for drunk driving after flipping his van onto its roof on the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge in South Portland early Saturday morning. Daniel Thomas, 22, of Shrewsbury, Mass., rolled over his 2002 Dodge van in a single-vehicle accident at 12:51 a.m. Thomas was not injured and was outside […]
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Paving to close Exit 42 ramp
SCARBOROUGH – Paving work will close down the southbound entering ramp on Exit 42 on the turnpike starting Sunday night. The southbound entering ramp will be closed from 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19, through 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20.
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Scarborough students to pay for parking privileges
SCARBOROUGH – When students return to Scarborough High School in two weeks, they’ll have to pony up a fee for the privilege of parking in the building’s 687-space lot. By a vote of 6-1, the Scarborough Board of Education on Thursday adopted a parking per personal vehicle of $25 for each semester, or $50 for […]