During a Falmouth Town Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 27, the topic of a significant commercial sign on Route 1 that was built in violation of existing town ordinances was discussed. Specifically, the owner of the sign requested that the Town Council change the rules to comply with the non-conforming sign. Members of the council, […]
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The Universal Notebook: William James can take Ayn Rand any day
While vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan was reading Ayn Rand, I was reading William James. Well, not at the same time, but just as Ryan’s young mind was receptive to and formed by Rand’s absolutist philosophy of self-interest, James’ New England philosophy of radical empiricism made more sense to me than anything else I […]
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Letter: Lawmaker challenged on accomplishment claim
Let’s be honest, Rep. Anne Graham. On your website and in news releases you’ve been promoting LD 1878, “An Act to Allow Abatement of Property Taxes Due to Hardship,” as your signature legislation in 2012, claiming it relieves property taxes for homes destroyed by “fire.” Maine towns have the sole ability to decide when tax […]
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GUEST COLUMN – Congratulations to Ron Kelly
Hallelujah – long overdue recognition for Scarborough track and field legend Ron Kelly. He has been inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame. The item was in a statewide paper in early August. It said he had been voted in, in part due to his outstanding record as Scarborough High School girls track coach, […]
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GUEST COLUMN – Congratulations to Ron Kelly
Hallelujah – long overdue recognition for Scarborough track and field legend Ron Kelly. He has been inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame. The item was in a statewide paper in early August. It said he had been voted in, in part due to his outstanding record as Scarborough High School girls track coach, […]
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MY SIDE OF SOPO – South Portland schools should play ball
Last week the New England Patriots played the Philadelphia Eagles in a pre-season football game. Fans on both sides of that game can’t wait for the start of the regular football season, after suffering through a spring and summer watching their baseball teams under perform. Both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox are […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – Offended ?by Quinn
I don’t read Rodney Quinn’s column in the Current regularly, but this one [Aug. 23] caught my eye. Let me preface this by saying that I’m not a Mormon and not a Republican. I found the article, “Some questions of faith,” to be quite inflammatory, if not hateful, and I fear it will spread distrust […]
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No Sugar Added: The dating 'situation'
Something is amiss in the wonderful world of mid-life dating. It seems more and more often, friends and acquaintances refer to a dating connection as a “situation.” As in, “the Greg situation,” or “the Enrique situation,” or – if it’s under deep scrutiny and being analyzed on a daily or weekly basis – merely shortened to initials: […]
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The Universal Notebook: The GOP's 3 R's: Romney, Ryan, Rand
We all embody contradictionsm I suppose, but Mitt Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan,R-Wisconsin, is one big nasty knot of self-negating nonsense. You think I’m exaggerating? Ryan, the buff busker for budget busting, is a wild-eyed prophet of smaller government, raging in the Middle America wilderness against big government. Yet he has been sucking on […]
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Global Matters: Reflections on summer, visitors, and veterans
There are so many reasons to savor the Maine summer. The stunning weather, the native produce, the late-afternoon light all combine with a slower pace of daily life that enables us to enjoy these blessings, if we are truly fortunate, with family and dear friends. Inevitably, though, at some point in August, after you’ve spent […]