Everyone knows that the last day of school signals the official commencement of summer, as well as the moment when anxious cries begin to rise from parents everywhere who cannot afford at least a couple of weeks of summer camp for their children, or have merely forgotten to send in the registration forms. For me, […]

“Kiss my toxic landfill” asks Edgar Allen Beem? No, kiss my toxic governor. Paul LePage is following the script from Tea Party Central. It is written, it is being implemented, and no public opposition will influence the plan. I come from New Jersey, where toxic wastes have forced the closing of beaches, turned rivers orange, […]

Your editorial (“Hear no Evil”) reminds me that when we oversimplify an issue, we overlook common sense. A complaint about how cafeteria employees handled lunch is not a direct concern of a school committee, whose role is clearly defined by law. A Yarmouth policy addressing complaints outlines an appropriate process. Whether or not I agree […]

Unless I’m mistaken, 2011 is shaping up to be another year without a summer, at least not much of one. Here we are sailing into July and I haven’t been to the beach yet, we don’t have the raft out at the lake, and next week is Clam Festival. Having lived in Yarmouth 30 years […]

The June 14 Falmouth municipal election results showed us what happens when motivated voters truly get into the political process. There are some who feel the use of political signs has gone way too far however, this year’s old-style political activities were in part a direct result of this increase in sign usage. I pray […]

I am writing a letter to support Nancy Thompson, one of the best candidates for House District 121 that I have seen in 11 years that I have lived in Cape Elizabeth. Nancy is well known and loved in Cape for her work on the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation board from 2007-2010 and her 21 […]

For over a year and in several ads in this paper I have pointed out excessive over-payments to vendors of goods and services for the Falmouth School Department. I have been soundly criticized by School Board members for taking department management to task. Just recently a new vendor contract has come to light: Expense Reduction […]

You’re a Cape Elizabeth parent whose child comes home from school on a Tuesday with news that raises your eyebrows. Maybe it’s the way cafeteria employees handled that day’s lunch food. Maybe it was the behavior of another kid on the school bus. Perhaps it wasn’t even disturbing: maybe your son or daughter has high […]

In the waning days of the current session, the Maine Legislature managed to slip a number of fast ones by us, perhaps none more misguided than the decision to allow the owners of the paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket to “give” the state their toxic Dolby landfill because potential new owners might be […]

This week, while most of us are focusing on our own upcoming Independence Day, Canada on July 1 will observe its 144th birthday. Canada Day and indeed Canada generally tend not to occupy our thoughts to any significant extent in this country. But Canada has been much on my mind these past weeks, and not […]