This fall marks the 10th and final year in a row that one or more of my children will run cross country for Falmouth High School. During that time Danny Paul and Jorma Kurry have shared the coaching responsibilities. My children’s running skills span all levels from elite runner, to good runner, to back-of- the-pack […]

I don’t have much knowledge of politics, but have read much lately. In South Portland the public has been upset about firings, rehirings, stipend, health insurance and the little trick pulled on the Willard Beach snack bar. In Scarborough, it was a land swap. In both towns, the people spoke up loudly, but a deaf […]

Agree or disagree with him, we lost a great one on Aug. 25. I was born in 1942, and it struck me that for every year, every month, every week, every day and every hour of my life, there has been a live, breathing, functioning, Ted Kennedy. For the first time on Aug. 25, there […]

It’s long been realized that unhealthy ego leads to arrogance and arrogance can lead to abuse and abuse can create superheated ego. And so the cycle goes. Scarborough residents, who are watching, have just witnessed a classic example of that circular scenario with the abuse of power demonstrated by five members of the Town Council […]

It was with great frustration that I listened to the City Council’s decision to not allow citizens to determine the level of compensation for the council and to continue the coverage of health insurance. First, there is a huge inequity that exists on the council at present. Some councilors receive an extraordinary benefit while others […]

On Aug. 19, Scarborough residents pleaded one more time with the Town Council to reconsider the unfair and unequal land swap of Depot Street with the Lighthouse Motel owners.   Once again residents left the meeting in a state of disbelief that the Town Council would not change its decision after significant new information was […]

Our all-American addiction to the automobile (an affliction from which I suffer shamefully, by the way) has led Maine to spend some $131 million of its stimulus money from the American Recovery and  Reinvestment Act on road and bridge projects. We seem determined to drive our way back to economic prosperity. I’m not sure that’s […]

I respectfully question why the Falmouth School Board finds it necessary to line another consultant’s pockets with our money and then embark on a long and costly search process for a new School Superintendent. Doesn’t our School Department have a succession program where each level of supervision is prepared to move up in the event […]

It’s difficult to imagine a more disheartening display of public discourse than that which has surrounded the recent debate over health care in this country. From the confrontational smack-down between an angry constituent and Sen. Arlen Spector, D-Pa., to the pistol-packing zealot outside a town hall gathering in New Hampshire; from the assault-rifle bearing libertarian […]

Plans like John Cacoulidis’ desire to erect a high-rise office building in Portland should be accepted with open arms. All too often, however, illogical opposition to such projects runs rampant. A global recession is as good a time as any to call this behavior what it is: nonsensical. Around the Peninsula, seas of asphalt and […]