Here at the blessed end of 2008, one of the most difficult years in living memory, we must all be looking to the new year with a mixture of dread at what else might lie ahead and hope for a return to peace and prosperity. While 1968, a year of war, riots, and assassinations that […]
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Beem's mileage
We all realize that Edgar Allen Beem is a left-wing nut ,but he is getting worse. In his anti-all things American rant about Detroit and its failure to produce 100-mpg vehicles, he fails to mention that his favorite country, Japan, does not produce these vehicles, either. This is simply because technology cannot be legislated. If […]
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The biggest con job in the history of man
Be skeptical about global warming and you’re branded with a scarlet “D” for “Denier.” Say global warming is a crock, and you are shunned at parties. I’m an environmentalist, like most in Maine, but I’m not an environmental zealot. Because I’m also an economist and a professional business analyst. From these perches, I can see […]
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My hero, the lineman
By Eva Murray As the emergency management director for Matinicus Isle Plantation, I don’t really have any duties. Basically, I have to know how to be in touch with the wider EMA world. When the message went around during the recent ice storm that there were to be morning conference calls including the county emergency […]
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Dogs to dollars
The short-sightedness of the proposals to charge non-residents money to walk their dogs on Willard Beach or to make walking our dogs in South Portland inconvenient is that it ignores the multiplier effect dogs have on the South Portland economy. As Portland residents, we rarely set foot in South Portland before our dog Angel came […]
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To all a good night
The wintry twilight of Friday, Dec. 5, was brought to life in South Portland’s Mill Creek Park as the annual HolidayFest and tree lighting dazzled celebrants with lights, music, food, Sant, and horse-drawn wagon rides around the park. The traditional event was sponsored by the city of South Portland, the South Portland School Department, […]
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Just the facts
How long has The Forecaster been the public relations spokesman for the South Portland City Council and the School Board, printing one-sided propaganda? The facts that should have been reported back in June include the following: South Portland’s 2008-09 school budget is 26.7 percent more than Scarborough, at $13,054 per student compared to $10,307. In […]