New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders in South Portland has hired Dr. Kelly McGuire as a child psychiatrist. She previously served on the medical staff of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. She also was an assistant attending physician at […]
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Chocolate Church in Bath uses crowd-funding to stage 'HMS Pinafore'
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center is looking for a little help from its friends for its September production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore.” The 804 Washington St. theater for the first time is employing crowd-funding, or procuring donations from many people via the Internet. The theater has a GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/vrgg2j8. In […]
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Topsham selectmen OK police radar units, job consolidation
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on July 16 unanimously supported the purchase of police radar units, and combining two part-time positions into one full-time role. The Police Department plans to buy seven radar units to replace aging devices. The department will spend $18,000 from capital funds to purchase the first six, and will be […]
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Out & About: Masterpieces of musical theater: ‘Music Man,' ‘Tosca’
As the middle of the summer approaches, a wealth of possibilities beckon in the performing arts. The hottest tickets are for a pair of masterpieces of two different branches of the musical stage. American musical theater is represented by one of Broadway’s enduring romantic tuners, Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” It’s happening through Aug. 1 […]
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The Right View: Nuclear deal puts Iran in the driver's seat
How many of you have read the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal? I have to tell you, it was a struggle to take seriously anything beyond the preface, the preamble and general provisions, given that it starts off by stating that the agreement is based upon “mutual respect.” […]
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The Universal Notebook: Phyllis and the 'Queen Bee'
Phyllis Austin and Roxanne Quimby are two of my favorite Maine people. I have known Austin, Maine’s leading environmental writer, for close to 35 years, having worked with her on the staff of Maine Times in the 1980s and 1990s. I have met Roxanne, co-founder of Burt’s Bees, just once, but, in the interest of […]
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Policy Wonk: Bond holdup is LePage’s latest blunder
Let me repeat something I’ve previously said: The governor does not have the power to refuse to issue voter-approved bonds. The Maine Constitution says “any measure referred to the people and approved by a majority of the votes thereon … shall take effect and become a law …” and the governor’s duty is to “take […]
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Letter: McDonald-Smith should read a little more
More than a week has passed since Julie McDonald-Smith favored readers with her latest diatribe against “progressives,” claiming all of them plot doggedly to destroy our nation from within. As usual, several astute readers pointed out the errors in her historic cites, confusing 17th-century autocratic colonialism with 18th-century Deism. Is she nostalgic for Calvinist predestination […]
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Letter: Religion was integral part of founders' lives
Regarding the founding fathers and religion, reference the July 6 column by Julie McDonald-Smith and last week’s testy responses by Barbara Doughty, Nancy O’Hagan, William Slavick and Dennis Wilkins. Some historians identify seven founding fathers: John Adams, Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington. Most were raised as Anglicans, […]
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Letter: Facts matter in conversation about religion
Letter-writer Barbara Doughty erroneously states that the word “God” does not appear in the Declaration of Independence or the Federalist Papers (“McDonald-Smith ‘totally wrong’ on founders, religion,” Letters, July 15). We can certainly have our differences about religion and the founders’ intentions regarding the First Amendment, but whether a particular word appears in a particular […]