It wasn’t really all that long ago that it was commonplace to sit down in a restaurant, even in the non-smoking section (often designated by a line on the floor) and be surrounded by tendrils of cigarette smoke from the person seated behind you. Once the health implications of second hand smoke became known, things […]
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Letter: ‘Warrior’ Sachs will fight for all as state rep
Want a public servant who serves the public? Elect Melanie Sachs and that’s what you’ll get. Melanie may not be old enough to have heard JFK’s “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country” speech firsthand, but I’ll guarantee you, someone played it over her crib […]
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Letter: ‘Warrior’ Sachs will fight for all as state rep
Want a public servant who serves the public? Elect Melanie Sachs and that’s what you’ll get. Melanie may not be old enough to have heard JFK’s “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country” speech firsthand, but I’ll guarantee you, someone played it over her crib […]
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Letter: Bridge Street Dam is obsolete and should be removed
On April 23, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order terminating hydroelectric power generating rights at the historic Sparkhawk Mill and the Bridge Street Dam on the Royal River in Yarmouth. This order, issued at the behest of the mill owner, which had found generating power there uneconomic and already removed the water-driven turbines, […]
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Letter: Does Balentine really hate liberals this much?
Does John Balentine actually despise liberals so much that he will gloat over the fact that, due to the pandemic, we are all being forced to use plastic bags rather than reusable ones? And does he really want to make it a “liberal issue” that our garbage dumps are rapidly filling and we can help […]
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Letter: Reader calls on Forecaster to ‘do better’ than Balentine
While I admit I’m not a regular reader of The Forecaster’s editorial content, I did happen upon John Balentine’s column in the May 15 edition and wow! I was appalled. I realize that Mr. Balentine’s whole purpose may be to “trigger the libs,” but as someone who cares about and has taught the ethics of […]
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Letter: Reader questions why Beem still with Forecaster
I write to question why your newspaper continues to afford a weekly forum to Mr. Beem to spew his hatred of our president and, in general, members of the Republican Party. In his polemic published on May 7, Beem stared two things that are utterly untrue. First, he stated, “I have never referred to Donald […]
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Letter: Reader shocked by anti-Trump Beem column
I have been writing letters to the editor and reading others’ letters and columns for almost 60 years now. It has been interesting and enlightening to see how others view issues that I have formed a strong opinion on. When I read “The selfish minority” column by Edgar Allen Beem in the May 8 issue […]
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Letter: ‘Campaign of constant grievance’ logic does not follow
I agree with John Balentine’s opinion that Mainers have heard many harebrained schemes and lies during the current pandemic: it’s all somebody else’s fault, it’ll all be over soon – like a miracle! – and a swig of chlorine bleach could be a cure. I agree it can be hard for some people to distinguish […]
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Over Easy: The Three Musketeers lose one
My first cousin died a few weeks ago. He was 79 years old. As death goes, his was quiet. Couple of years ago we saw each other for the first time in decades, at a family reunion. Since then he’s intruded in my thoughts at odd times. I’ll remember how he used to hold his […]