I’ve received a Fatwa from the Squirrel Liberation Front making me fair game. Why would a peaceful, mild-mannered, bald, 63-year-old non-litigating lawyer find himself so violently threatened? It’s the birds of course. Here’s the back story. Over the years I’ve taken to feeding the birds that are hearty enough to hang around and not go […]

More and more of our fellow residents are worried about how they will heat their homes through the winter. Even more troubling is that for another growing group of Mainers, simply finding affordable housing – let alone paying the heat bill – is becoming a major problem. Even with the recent decline in the real estate market, […]

There is much to dislike in the pending health-care reform legislation, as well as many things to applaud in it. What is most distasteful of all has been the process that has led to the current situation. First came some good proposals to provide real competition among insurers, control costs and ensure that everyone would […]

Thank you to The Forecaster and Peggy Roberts for a thoughtful article on the combined efforts by volunteers, the school district and the town to groom and maintain ski trails in Falmouth Community Park this year. After the new school construction displaced the Nordic ski teams’ usual training terrain, it took creative thinking and cooperation […]

At a recent Falmouth School Board and school administration presentation, the focus of administrators appeared to point to a plan that would in large part reduce school spending by cutting staff. The extensive and well-prepared teacher statements outlining the value of their various programs reinforced this impression. The teachers who presented these very informative outlines […]

It is too bad that Tony Payne didn’t use the opportunity in his column, “A little heat could improve Maine’s business climate,” to address the MERI ratings of legislators in The Forecaster’s circulation area. It is a little ironic, if not self-defeating, that we who live in the economic center of Maine send the largest […]

Gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage is a breath of fresh air. Electing someone qualified for governor really gives me hope. I took the opportunity to meet the Waterville mayor at the Marion T. Morse Center in Lisbon Falls. He is extremely honest and principled. In an age where sensibility seems to be a rare commodity, LePage […]

Just as the 124th Maine Legislature reconvenes for its second session, the Maine Economic Research Institute has published its legislator ratings for the first regular session which ran from January to June of 2009. The MERI ratings are intended to measure the performance of legislators on economic issues that impact job creation and business investment. […]

The spirit of giving was alive and well in the South Portland area this year. Our food cupboard was overwhelmed with the response of the food drives performed by elementary schools, church youth groups, scouts and local businesses. Hannaford Bros. kept us supplied with their “Fund A Feast” boxes and food gift cards. Cape Elizabeth […]

I am writing in support of Cumberland’s Route 88 improvement project, which was recently unanimously approved by the Town Council. We have lived off of Route 88 for 30 years, and I walk recreationally on the road several times a week. This project is a matter of safety for those who walk, bike, or jog […]