William S. Cohen is a white guy from Bangor. In high school he was known as “Bangor Billy” because of his sharpshooting ability on the basketball court. He went to Bowdoin College, where he received degrees in Latin and Greek and learned to write poetry, and then to Boston University, where he obtained a law […]

Tony Payne is an intelligent and competent Falmouth town councilor. The issue I have with Payne’s Opinion column has little to do with his opinions themselves, but rather the fact that The Forecaster would agree to give a single town councilor an opinion column at all. Upon even a moment of reflection, it’s clear that […]

There is an important word missing in Edgar Allen Beem’s discourse on bias in the media: credibility. Beem concedes that there is a bias in the press and his bias has always been on the liberal side of things. He notes that the conservatives have their own bias in the media, and then concludes that […]

Recently we’ve seen ads, letters to editors and mailers from special-interest groups trying to mislead the public about important health-care issues debated last session at the Statehouse. As an organization dedicated to protecting consumers and promoting quality, affordable health care for everyone, we couldn’t sit idle and listen to these claims. Last session, the Legislature […]

Last month, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a survey that showed that 60 percent of Americans believe the press is politically biased. That’s 78 percent of Republicans, 62 percent of Independents, and 50 percent of Democrats. Just two years ago, only 39 percent of Democrats saw the press as […]

“Government should grow at the same rate as the economy,” according to Christopher “Kit” St. John, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, speaking in opposition to TABOR II at Policy Soundings, a forum for state and national issues. It seems to reflect a deeply held belief that government is entitled, in equal […]

There comes a moment when you realize you’ve crossed over into another “demographic,” when it hits you that you’re no longer as young as you think you are, or as young as you feel. You discover that while you may think you’re 39 years old, the world knows you’re, well, not. There’s no surer confirmation […]

On behalf of the American Cancer Society, I would like to thank the Bath/Brunswick community for its generosity and support of the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday, Oct. 18. More than 200 walkers and volunteers participated, and we raised close to $45,000 to fight for every birthday threatened by […]

After reading Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes’ letter last week defending her vote on my bill, LD 290, I feel I must set the record straight. I put this bill in for my constituents who have consistently asked my why they can’t buy health insurance out-of-state as they can other forms of insurance. What I read […]

Freeport is in desperate need of playing fields. We have only three full-size fields for all of the recreational, club and school teams in the fall and spring. The surrounding towns have, at the least, seven fields available for a similar number of teams. Often in Freeport up to four teams are simultaneously running practice […]