As I write this column, the Deering High School Rams are preparing to compete in the Western Maine Class A football finals. The Portland High School boys’ soccer team has just completed an exciting season that brought the Bulldogs all the way to the state championship. Whether our students play sports, perform on stage or […]

I heard the bells on Christmas day. OK, so it wasn’t exactly Christmas day. It was more like mid-October. I thought perhaps I had developed tinnitus (ringing in the ears), but no, indeed, there were bells. Silver bells. The kind Rudolph wears. I had ventured into Home Goods to procure Halloween candles. And possibly a […]

The Forecaster has done an excellent job regularly informing its readers about the wind power debate in Maine. I stand proudly with the courageous Mainers who have been stepping forward to stop the destructive industrialization of Maine’s mountains by out of state companies. Without massive taxpayer subsidies, First Wind of Massachusetts and TransCanada to the north, […]

I want to thank everyone involved in local government and politics for a great first-time experience in running for a local government office. As much as I have volunteered for political campaigns of various sizes and types, I was still not quite prepared for the experience of being a candidate instead of a supporter. Thank […]

Despite the many ways we are all connected in this wired world of cell phones, e-mail, text messaging, Facebook and Twitter, we are also increasingly out of touch. Or, more to the point, we are only in touch with the privileged few and out of touch with reality. As a journalist, I constantly find myself […]

It has been a privilege to represent the people of District 112 in the Maine House of Representatives these past two years. I appreciate the support of the citizens who voted for me to represent you for a second term. Our state faces many challenges. I talked with hundreds of you throughout Falmouth and you […]

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Scarborough who took the time to vote and in that process voted to allow me to serve the community for another three years. I enjoy giving back to the community in which I have lived for 58 years. Scarborough is a great community, […]

I write to thank all the voters in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough for your willingness to participate in the election last week. These elections are the very foundation of our representative democracy, and it is important to take the time to vote for those who will make decisions in Augusta for the next […]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has publicly stated that his top priority is to make Barack Obama a one-term president. This is a stunning statement from a supposed public servant, and we can only hope that, despite his public pronouncements, he will begin reordering his priorities to deal with the very real problems facing our […]

Falmouth does not need a larger Town Office; we need fewer people in it. Planning Department salaries are $250,000 a year, not including benefits. In the last five years the department has gone from one planner and one assistant to four planners and one assistant, far more than any other town of our size. They […]