Marian McCue’s April 30 article on Rosa Scarcelli and her bid for governor sounded more like a Hedda Hopper column than an unbiased report. The two times I have heard Rosa speak locally she has mentioned how fortunate she was to be able to enter a family business, unlike so many newly graduated Mainers. Isn’t […]

Investigators have said a gun was discovered in the car Shahzad left at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The last thing I did when I worked at the Portland Public Library was to help with the move from the old Baxter building to the new building on Monument Square in 1980. The modernist main library, designed by Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott of Boston, got old fast. Thirty years later, it’s just undergone […]

Republicans have several good candidates to be their nominee for governor this year, including businessmen Matt Jacobson, Les Otten and Bruce Poliquin, as well as educator Bill Beardsley and politicians Paul LePage and Peter Mills. Each is appealing in his way, and all are preferable to the other parties’ alternatives. My favorite is Steve Abbott […]

The U.S. Department of Transporation recently elevated cyclists and pedestrians to a level on par with motor vehicles. This federal manifestation of a return to pedestrian-friendly infrastructure is nothing new. New York City, for example, installed a wildly successful pedestrian plaza in Times Square that proves widening roads isn’t the only way to improve traffic. […]

The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors met on April 28 to consider action on middle school programming. At that meeting, I was asked to confirm the information in Amy Anderson’s article published April 22, 2010, entitled “Parents to be polled for school preference.” Unfortunately, I did not have the information available at that […]

As the upcoming municipal elections in Falmouth draw near, I wanted to take a moment to write my fellow citizens regarding my candidacy for the School Board. As someone who has been raised in Falmouth and who resides here, I recognize the importance of our education system. As a former student representative, I dedicated myself […]

On June 8, citizens of Falmouth will have the privilege to elect Faith Varney to serve them, their families and Falmouth businesses as a member of the Town Council. The Town Council creates a vision for our community, provides leadership and stewardship for the citizens of Falmouth, for the town’s resources and our tax dollars. […]

This June’s primary will have a busy list of items to vote on with candidates, bonds and local issues. One issue that needs your attention is that each school district must vote to reaffirm the school budget referendum process. It is imperative that you vote, if for no other reason than this, and vote yes […]

Edgar Allen Beem says that by howling the Constitution does not give Congress the right to mandate health-insurance coverage, certain people “reveal their ignorance.” It seems that Mr. Beem may not have read far enough in the Constitution to come across this passage. “No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion […]