SOUTH PORTLAND – When it comes to public safety around the airport, South Portland Police Lt. Frank Clark said it is always important to be prepared. “We train for the worst and hope for the best,” Clark said, days after emergency responders had their training tested due a plane crash near Portland International Jetport. “In […]
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Responders' training tested by plane crash
SOUTH PORTLAND – When it comes to public safety around the airport, South Portland Police Lt. Frank Clark said it is always important to be prepared. “We train for the worst and hope for the best,” Clark said, days after emergency responders had their training tested due a plane crash near Portland International Jetport. “In […]
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Saco finds turbine is a turn for the worse
The city wants the company’s former CEO to make amends for the underperforming unit.
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Letters to the Editor:Critics target Maine senators
May a pox fall upon the whole state of Maine! Your two “Republican” senators, Olympia Snow and Susan Collins, again have sided with the liberals in Congress to vote in the financial “overhaul” bill. This 2,300-page bill will continue to concentrate power in Washington and grow the government, at a huge cost to the private […]
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Another View: Free-market capitalist model not worth promotion in press
This newspaper and other media outlets don’t give alternate views a fair shake.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Mainers’ efforts are paying off for earthquake victims in Haiti
Help is on the way for an unfinished school, a hospital and Haitian amputees.
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Man rescued from Katahdin’s Knife Edge
A man was airlifted from the Knife Edge on Mt. Katahdin Thursday afternoon after he fell 10 to 12 feet on the exposed, rocky ridgeline.
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Cape Planning Board engages in doublespeak
Responding to a groundswell of resident opposition to proposed zoning ordinance changes, the Cape Elizabeth Planning Board issued a press release attempting to justify ignoring residents’ wishes. This press release, published on the town website and in a local newspaper, is a classic example of doublespeak, which, according to Wikipedia, “is any language that deliberately […]
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EDITORIAL – Pot legalization seems inevitable
Last week, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced it had selected three nonprofit groups to operate Maine’s first six medical marijuana dispensaries, bringing more into focus just how medical marijuana will be grown and distributed to patients in Maine. In Cumberland County, known as District 2, the license was awarded to Northeast […]
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Down the road a piece – Answering the call of khaki
When I’m not sitting at a computer writing stories, I often spend time traveling around New England, entertaining at banquets, conferences and conventions with stories. Over the years I’ve noticed a change in what people wear to such events. Not too long ago, if there was a dinner at a conference or convention, almost everyone […]