I have had the pleasure of working with Teresa Pierce for several years on the board of the Falmouth Education Foundation. Teresa is hard-working and selfless, serving as the president of FEF to raise private funds to support innovative programs in the arts, athletics, and academics for the children of our community. Teresa is welcoming […]

Falmouth has lost its way. The political discourse has turned contentious, rancorous, and at times ugly. It now appears that five individuals are running as a block for the two open Town Council seats and three open School Board seats. This strategy is a ploy to control local government and ultimately will not serve the […]

As a resident of the Pleasant Street neighborhood near the Stanwood intersection, I’m happy to have the Brunswick Police Department as new neighbors. I’m not happy, however, to read that Town Council Chairwoman Joanne King has said that Brunswick Development Corp. can do whatever it pleases with the proposed site if a police station is […]

I am writing to lend my strong support for three candidates for Falmouth School Board: Karyl Hazard, Analiese Larson and Lucy Tucker. Hazard first started participating at School Board workshops two years ago, and since that time, we’ve heard her thoughtful, well-reasoned voice many times. She always looks at issues in terms of what works […]

On June 9 and 14 voters in the SAD 51 community will vote on the proposed school budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Following three years of flat funding, the School Board is recommending a budget increase of 2.93 percent, a modest adjustment to maintain our programs, staff, facilities, and pay for our debt service. […]

I recently moved to Falmouth with my wife, Kate McCrann, who grew up here, and our two kids, ages 4 and 1. I can’t wait for the community center to happen. There won’t be a tax increase of any kind to fund Question 1. It’ll cost $5.6 million over the next 4.5 years, but not […]

Voting yes on Question 1 provides Falmouth with an invaluable chance to shape our future. As a former town councilor, I am surprised by the tone and position of some of the opponents of Question 1 in Falmouth, many of whom I normally consider to have sound business judgment and strong community spirit. They have […]

I lived in Falmouth for 25 years, and my long relationship with Falmouth Memorial Library began when my family first visited the library in 1981. I was honored to be appointed a library trustee in 1993. The library board soon realized that the building we all loved no longer served our needs. Both the town […]

Consistent with SAD 51’s goal of continuously improving its excellent teaching and learning environment, Cumberland and North Yarmouth voted overwhelmingly in 2006 to authorize the renovation and expansion of Greely High School. This project has already provided a substantial return on investment in a community where academic excellence and sensible fiscal management have long been […]

I have listened to both sides of this story, read the consultant’s report and have come to the conclusion that the need for additional space (and hence moving the library to Lunt School) is based on outdated formulas that merely calculate storage of book volumes based on population. I am an architect. My firm designs […]