A couple of weeks ago, my lovely mother, Louise, arrived for a visit. She brought with her a newspaper, with the front page of Section D boasting a Technicolor photograph of a middle-aged woman with a jaw-length hairdo, wire-frame glasses, and a disturbingly startled look upon her face. Apparently, a jury had recently awarded the […]

Gov. LePage’s contempt for much of the population that differs from his point of view, is at once alarming and quite disturbing. A litmus test for any public servant that wants to lead and serve the common good should be love and tolerance for others. What we have here in Maine, is a governor that […]

As typical of every spendthrift liberal, Edgar Allen Beem wants to slay Chicken Little. He disconnects himself with fiscal sanity and tries to reinvent Economics 101. In this spirit he refuses to recognize the fiscal insanity of his liberal icons. Does he remember Sen. Kennedy’s bleating that Social Security was under control? Maybe because Sen. […]

We have a special election coming up May 10 and we will have two choices, a Democrat or a Republican. The last Democrat said he is moving away because he couldn’t find work here in Maine. How pathetic is that? If a sitting senator cannot find work here in Maine we are in trouble. I […]

I have known Chris Orestis for a number of years. I was thrilled to learn he is running for Falmouth Town Council. His experience as a business owner will bring an important perspective to the council. As a business owner myself, I respect his responsible approach to finances and balancing a budget. We both know […]

We moved to Falmouth because we believed the town’s public school system would give our children access to a superior education. Over the last several months, we have followed and contributed to the discussion on the 2012 school budget. We overwhelmingly support the budget and full-day kindergarten. When offered the choice to build a new […]

As a trustee of the Falmouth Memorial Library for the past four years, I have been deeply involved in addressing the space needs of our library. Circulation and usage have outpaced the growth of our town, to the point that our library does not meet state or national standards for space or accessibility. Our library […]

Congratulations to the Falmouth Town Council and staff on marshaling balanced information and public comment. We are persuaded that the proposed Falmouth “town center” will provide a long-needed multipurpose facility. It will serve all ages. It’s good economics: well-planned use of valuable space, recycling solid buildings. And it’s on the bus route. We hope it […]

As part of the annual Day of Service through the University of Southern Maine on April 15, the Falmouth Food Pantry benefited from the hard work of Jennifer, Bradley, and Levy. We want to thank them for their thorough scrubbing of every storage unit, reinforcing many wobbly shelves, cleaning the floor, and washing the windows. […]

The great South Dakota letters experiment is kaput. I wrote last December about a decision by the weekly Freeman Courier to publish letters by writers who requested anonymity. It was a six-month trial designed to test whether relaxing the paper’s requirement for signed letters would encourage more readers to express their opinions on a wider […]