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Forum: Gorham Connector will reduce congestion and make roads safer

Traffic is paralyzed on south Gorham roads nearly every morning and late afternoon. The area is reputed to suffer from the most congested traffic in Maine. One must go to Massachusetts to find anything comparable. When the Gorham Bypass was opened in 2008, it relieved Gorham’s Main Street from daily freight and commuter traffic built […]

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Brunswick Superintendent’s Notebook: Extended learning opportunities help seniors look to the future

by Phil Potenziano

The grass is turning green, flowers are blooming, and seniors are in the homestretch of their high school careers. I see smiles, high fives and a little extra spring in the step of our soon-to-be-graduates, similar to the excitement my classmates and I shared many years ago. While the senior swagger is similar, there is […]

Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Scarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, The Forecaster

Letter: One person, one vote is how elections should be

Nicolas Hamlin, in his letter of April 9 (“National popular vote system is election tampering“) seems to think there is something “devious” about the person with the most number of votes actually winning an election. Huh? Does he really not understand the concept of one person, one vote? And that each vote counts equally, no […]

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