Since December, we have witnessed the generosity of Freeport and Pownal citizens on repeated occasions. Celebrating Freeport Community Services’ (FCS) mission of neighbor helping neighbor, an increasing number of people have contributed record donations through FCS’s White Nights Fundraiser and Freeze-Out Food and Fuel Drive. Freeport Community Services runs many programs to serve people in […]

The Brunswick School Department is in full five-alarm posture over the budget for the coming school year. A full three months before town budget hearings begin, they’re knocking on doors, sending out emails, scheduling public meetings, and otherwise doing everything they can to convince taxpayers the sky is falling, and falling worse than ever before. […]

One of the many reasons I love Maine is it hasn’t been completely taken over by the mass culture/franchise system. Los Angeles has some good qualities, but the constant barrage of slick consumerism wears you down. Sure, there are still successful unique small businesses, but you have to look for them as you drive by […]

Freeport’s Town Council should deny Seacoast United’s new zoning change request. This latest effort to pave the way for the construction of a 62,000-square-foot building is just an effort to get around the planning board’s November ruling that such a building and business don’t belong in the rural/residential neighborhood. Seacoast wants the council to change […]

It’s hard to keep a secret, especially one with great news for the thousands of young people who attend Portland’s public high schools. But that’s what I had to do for two, long months. We got word in mid-December that the Nellie Mae Education Foundation had awarded a multi-million dollar grant to our school district […]

With regard to our “Crazy Uncle” Ron Paul, if Edgar Allen Beem were nearly as bright and informed as he’d like us to think he is, he would make a case for his “liberal Democrat” brand. But, obviously, the extent to which he has studied the meaning of that phrase is on a par with […]

May I offer a few comments relative to your article about The Gathering Place? First, and most significantly, the community ought to be made aware of the enormous generosity of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, whose willingness to lend their space gave The Gathering Place a home. Without the Adventists, there would be no Gathering […]

Gillian Graham and Emily Guerin recently reported on school budget cuts in the Mid-Coast area. None of us want to eliminate what we consider to be important out of our budget; however it seems to me that the schools have a more pressing problem than their budgets. Over the past several years, the report card […]

To all the folks who stopped to help our beloved Rumor when he was hit on Route  88 on Valentine’s Day, although he eventually succumbed, your quick collective thinking and actions, both at the scene and at the Falmouth Veterinary Hospital, gave him the best chance he could have had. We appreciate your help from […]

On behalf of the board of the Bath-Tsugaru Sister City Exchange Program, thank you to the many community members who contributed to the success of our first Japan culture celebration. And to the people who enthusiastically attended many of our diverse events, yes, we are already planning next year’s second annual culture weekend. This exchnage […]