I like Hillary Clinton (pause at laptop; dodge thrown vegetables; OK; resume typing). But only the mature adult version. Not the one who is far too sensitive to (legitimate) criticisms (also aimed at male competitors such as Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Jeb Bush) that she should ignore. She is a gigantic trailer truck who […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Bombs not food
What do terrorists want? According to the CIA or some other equally reliable but possibly fictional government agency, every dangerous fanatic – from Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof to Boston Marathon creepo Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – wanted exactly the same thing: Food stamps. Apparently, killing innocent people for hazy […]
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Needle exchange bill a step in right direction
Serving on the Health & Human Services committee in the Maine Legislature my eyes have been opened to some frightful conditions. Chief among them is drug addiction. The effects of heroin on the human brain are terrifying. Drug addiction is a deadly disease gripping Maine at an epidemic rate. An average of five overdose deaths […]
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Swimming: Cape Elizabeth girls take title at North Southwesterns
Boys Southwesterns may have suffered hitches and more hitches, going off successfully, but Saturday, Feb. 6, saw the girls’ action proceed swimmingly, pun intended. On the North side of things, 10 teams participated, with Cape claiming top honors over No. 2 Greely. Scarborough followed in third. Red Storm Head Coach Eric French was ecstatic with […]
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Swimming: Cape Elizabeth girls take title at North Southwesterns
Boys Southwesterns may have suffered hitches and more hitches, going off successfully, but Saturday, Feb. 6, saw the girls’ action proceed swimmingly, pun intended. On the North side of things, 10 teams participated, with Cape claiming top honors over No. 2 Greely. Scarborough followed in third. Red Storm Head Coach Eric French was ecstatic with […]
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Track: Scarborough boys, girls third at SMAA championship
More than a dozen schools descended on USM’s Costello Sports Complex in Gorham on Saturday morning, Feb. 6, for this year’s Southern Maine Athletics Association Championship. Scarborough took top honors on the boys’ side, besting No. 2 Thornton by a score of 166-153. On the girls’ side, Westbrook claimed the crown at 111, with Cheverus […]
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DOWN THE ROAD APIECE: Effort full of hot air
A few years before I was born, scientists successfully split the atom and ushered in what was called the Atomic Age. They said it would lead to unlimited human achievement and progress. In the late 1960s, a small group of men flew to the moon, landed on its surface and then returned safely to earth. […]
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An effort full of hot air
A few years before I was born, scientists successfully split the atom and ushered in what was called the Atomic Age. They said it would lead to unlimited human achievement and progress. In the late 1960s, a small group of men flew to the moon, landed on its surface and then returned safely to earth. […]
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Area briefs
Cape robotics survey available The newly formed Cape Robotics Parent Advisory Group is requesting input from the community regarding the 2016-2017 season through a short online survey. The goal for the survey is to convey the number of students interested in robotics and assist the school district in planning and budgeting for the robotics program. […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log, Jan. 17-29
Arrests/Summonses Nicholas Hegstrom, 31, of Brooks, was summonsed Jan. 26 on Cottage Road on a charge of operating with a suspended registration. Calls On Jan. 17, a detective met with a resident of the Scott Dyer Road area regarding the theft of a check that was forged and cashed. On Jan. 26, a patrolman responded […]