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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Letter: Electoral College hasn’t represented will of voters
Michael Buhelt’s letter April 1 (“Founding fathers knew pitfalls of national vote for president”) implies those that favor the national popular vote compact don’t understand it. Not so. The current Electoral College system is imperfect; the national popular vote compact is also imperfect. The perfect system most representative of the will of the American people […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Community Calendar: April 19-26
Books/Authors Saturday 4/20 Mary Plouffe, Cliff Travers, Michelle Soucy authors talk: “Maine Character Energy,” 1 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. princememorial.org Jeri Theriault, James Kim, Lauren Saxon poetry reading: 2 p.m., South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway. southportlandlibrary.com Tuesday 4/23 Elena Kostyuchenko journalist and author talk: “I Love Russia: Reporting From a […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Community engagement enhanced school budget process
Portland Public Schools reached a milestone in our FY 25 budget process when the Board of Public Education on April 9 approved a $161.4 million school budget to recommend to the City Council. One of the things that I’m proudest about in this budget process is the amount of community engagement involved. Since March 5, […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
People and Business: April 17
Hires, promotions, appointments Khmer Maine, a nonprofit organization serving the Cambodian population in Maine, appointed longtime president and founder Marpheen Chann as its new executive director. Tatia Gagnon of Gorham was promoted to senior vice president, senior commercial loan workout relationship management at KeyBank’s Specialized Finance group. She joined the bank in 2007 and led […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Forum: Smiling Hill Farm roots run deep, don’t pave over them
My grandmother, Frances Knight Marsh, was born at Smiling Hill Farm in 1918 before it was so called – her younger brother Roger would name it for a favorite book. My great-grandmother Blanche photographed life at the farm: her commercial dahlia garden, my grandmother and her sister Bernice with dolls on the porch, my great-grandfather […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Letter: Falmouth council already decided on workforce housing developer selection
I watched an unusual vendor selection process on April 3 as the Falmouth Town Council sought to narrow the number of possible choices for Woods Road “workforce housing” from four to two vendors. (A link to proposals is on falmouthme.org.) This was based on the need to select a vendor by May 29. Could this […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Letter: Sounding an alarm to save the butterflies
Kudos to Peggy McGehee for sounding the pesticide alarm (“Pesticide regulation good for dogs, too,” April 1). She is so right. Please let me sound off the butterfly alarm. It has turned into a crisis for them and the bees. The monarch butterfly will soon be extinct. I’m asking all of us to take action […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Mainewhile: We need to honor the real friendships in our lives
Friendship is such a curious thing. When you are little, making friends is so seamless. You meet, you play, and boom. Done. You might fight or move on, and I don’t mean to imply that there isn’t heartbreak and high drama in all of that – of course there is. These early friendships are where […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Northern Meetings: April 18-25
Chebeague Island Tue. 4/23 6 p.m. School Committee C.I. School Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Planning Board Public Hearing Town Hall Cumberland Tue. 4/23 4 p.m. Housing Authority Town Hall Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Neighborhood Meeting Town Hall Falmouth Wed. 4/24 5 p.m. Housing Project Site Walk Marshall Drive Wed. 4/24 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Coastal Journal Meetings: April 19-26
Bath Mon. 4/22 5 p.m. Solid Waste Advisory City Hall Tue. 4/23 5 p.m. Economic Development City Hall Wed. 4/24 4 p.m. Transportation Committee City Hall Thu. 4/25 11 a.m. Finance Committee City Hall Brunswick Mon. 4/22 10 a.m. Housing Committee Zoom, Town Hall Mon. 4/22 5:30 p.m. Safe Routes to School Zoom Mon. 4/22 […]
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