I chaired the Cumberland Affordable Housing Task Force. We delivered our report to the council on Jan. 23, 2023. The task force consisted of 10 Cumberland residents who volunteered to undertake this task. Starting in July 2022, we worked very hard on this complex issue delivering a unanimous report reflecting members’ mutual respect, collaboration, problem […]
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Letter: Honor the agreement about Drowne land in Cumberland
Cumberland residents are being asked whether the town should build affordable housing on land formerly owned by Elizabeth Drowne. The town obtained the land when it accepted an offer in the will of Mrs. Drowne in 1892. The intent of her offer was to have the property benefit education and required that the land never […]
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Northern: Winter sports postseason underway
Girls’ hockey playoffs start the fun, other excitement to come.
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Portland: Winter sports postseason underway
Girls’ hockey kicks off the fun, much more excitement to come.
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Letter: Forecaster’s Heather Martin and Abdi Iftin bright spot for reader
I have come to look forward to the weekly opinion columns written by Heather D. Martin and Abdi Nor Iftin. Both writers have a way with words that makes me feel as if they are speaking directly to me. Last week’s essays hit the mark. Martin writes of the late, great Ashley Bryan, who in […]
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Letter: Americans are footing the bill for genocide
With a glossy Tiger Beat centerfold of Bibi N. thumbtacked above a cluster of L.L.Bean glamping bags, this unnamed D.C. townhouse is the bipartisan slumber-party pad of many an elite D.C. warmonger. For last Saturday night’s saber-rattling clique, the pre-beddy-bye game was “Would You Rather?” Around the circle they went. First was Lindsey, then Antony, […]
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Letter: Kind neighbor, random act of kindness in Falmouth
Nice things do happen on icy days. Early on the morning of Jan. 25, my husband was carefully navigating the icy driveway with the trash container when a black pickup blocked our driveway. A lady stepped out and said “I am taking this for you as it is icy here.” The recycling container from the […]
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Letter: Cumberland Food Pantry is Bill and Linda Shane’s lasting legacy
Bill Shane has impacted many facets of life for those of us living in Cumberland and North Yarmouth. As a volunteer, I would like to speak specifically to the incredible community Bill and Linda Shane have created at the Cumberland Food Pantry. As both volunteers and visitors know, Cumberland’s Food Pantry is organized, systemized and […]
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Letter: Cumberland housing project meets challenge of changing needs
Cumberland’s Town Council has opened discussion on a proposed referendum to address town needs for lower cost homes. Historically we’ve been a rural, farming community, but not a wealthy community. Now Cumberland’s growing and changing, with the average home sales price nearly $750,000. Proposed housing near Drowne Road offers opportunities for older residents to move […]
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Letter: Scope of Falmouth’s Climate Action Plan is impressive
On Jan. 31 I attended an information session for Falmouth’s new Climate Action Plan. I was impressed with the scope and ambition of the plan, an approach that is greatly needed in this time of accelerating climate impacts. I was buoyed to learn that local and state government, volunteers, businesses and nonprofits are increasingly partnering […]