Contrary to Andrew Kinley’s letter, I don’t have disdain for teachers. I respect teachers, I personally like many of our teachers, and unlike most of the Falmouth School Board I am a licensed teacher in Maine for nearly six years. What I have unbridled contempt for are those on various governing bodies in this town […]

The Bath Cosmopolitan Club wants to express its appreciation to community sponsors of the Operation Smile Benefit Concert on March 5 at Morse High School. Huge thanks to Dr. Thomas Anglim, Dr. Vance Horne, Sharon Drake, Michael Baribeau, Now You’re Cooking, Reny’s, Bath Savings, Miosac Club, Marion Broaddus and to the Westbrook and Gorham Woman’s […]

Crafting a budget for the next school year was the most difficult assignment of my 22-year career. The Portland Public Schools face the loss of more than $6 million in state and federal funds. That forced us to make painful cuts, including a reduction of nearly 81 positions. Voluntary retirements will help reduce the number […]

Will wonders never cease? While writing about life in the same southern Maine communities for decades, Portland Press Herald columnist M.D. Harmon and I have never to my knowledge agreed about anything. Harmon is a hard-core conservative. I am a soft-hearted liberal. But I woke up this morning to find Harmon advocating for an end […]

It’s that time of year again: tax season. This year, I’m checking yes for Clean Elections when I fill out my Maine income tax form. Checking yes supports Maine’s first-in-the-nation Clean Election system, but it doesn’t add anything to the tax bill. It’s simply a way for Maine people to make sure three of their […]

I am curious as to why there has been no mention that Elvin and Randy Copp have already clear-cut approximately 40 acres, filled in a small pond and screened and extracted tons of material on the Cumberland property that prompted a town review of rules for gravel pits and water removal. This property is located […]

I am writing in hope of making people in Cumberland and Falmouth aware of the potential for having a gravel pit developed in their backyard.  If you have been following the story involving Cumberland land along the Falmouth line, you know the controversy over a proposed gravel pit and commercial water extraction operation.  It looks like […]

In recent months, The Forecaster printed several “paid political advertisements” from one Falmouth resident. These ads present a hodge-podge of statements littered with partial truths. For example, a recent ad suggested that the taxpayers of Falmouth are not represented during contract negotiations with the teachers union. As a property taxpayer and a member of the […]

I got to know Stan Bennett while working together on the Falmouth Planning Board. When the Tidewater Conservation Foundation collaborated with the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension to raise funds for a Learning Center on the Tidewater Farm conservation easement we convinced Stan to join the committee, which he never let me forget. Stan amazed me […]