Thank you to Councilors Will Armitage and Fred Chase for their greatly appreciated service on the Town Council. I am writing to endorse Bryan Dench and Russ Anderson as persons who would fill those seats with the same commitment to Falmouth’s present and future prosperity. Both candidates support first-class schools and public services, well-balanced economic […]

I urge my fellow Falmouth citizens to vote for Russ Anderson for Town Council.  Falmouth needs councilors who are passionate about further strengthening our great community, business savvy with a leadership track record, fiscally conservative, socially progressive and fair-minded, and good listeners with strong analytic skills who can be decisive when the time comes to […]

I am writing to endorse Patrick Norton to represent Freeport in the Maine House. I’ve known Pat for nearly 10 years through our connection with the doctoral program in public policy at the Muskie School at USM and he is a man of great integrity and insight. Pat was born in Maine, has lived in […]

Once again, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service are hosting Stamp Out Hunger, the nation’s largest single-day food drive. AARP and AARP Foundation will sponsor this amazing opportunity. Together, we can make a big difference by donating non-perishable food items that will help many of our friends and neighbors. The […]

In six weeks there will be an election to select two new members of the Falmouth Town Council, an incumbent and open seat on the School Board, and approval of the school budget. We have very capable people running for these positions, and the school budget has been discussed and analyzed in open forums since […]

I write to enthusiastically support Jeff Porter for the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors. A lifelong Cumberland resident and father of five Greely students, Jeff served 12 years on Cumberland’s Town Council, three as chairman. He’s also put in countless hours coaching Cumberland sports teams, with my children among the many who’ve enjoyed […]

We live and work in Brunswick, and we know that the strength of a community comes from many areas. Schools are most important. We support high-quality schools and stand in solidarity with other like-minded parents. We want these blessings extended to all children in Brunswick. Our values led us to enroll our children at St. […]

An article last week stated that I wanted to see an increase in the school budget of 1.1 percent or 1.2 percent for the schools. While I did ask the School Board to continue working and try to decrease the budget a bit more, I did not come close to asking for this amount as […]

Over the past 20 years, Land for Maine’s Future has bought and preserved thousands of acres of land, on rivers, lakes, islands and in most communities, to use for just what it says: “Land for Maine’s Future.” There is no more money. A bond issue is up for vote when the Legislature returns to session […]

I am writing to thank Rep. Meredith Strang Burgess, R-Cumberland, for recognizing that the minority report to LD 1810, the regulatory “takings” bill in the Legislature, rightly deserved to be in the minority and was not a good public policy solution to the question of how to improve Maine’s land use laws. If enacted, the […]