Exercise is vital to our health and well-being. The same is true of our dogs. In this area, we are fortunate to have an abundance of natural regions that allow us to enjoy the landscape with our canine counterparts. We should all feel welcome to enjoy these areas, shouldn’t we? My four-legged companion is a […]
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Letter: Need more 'diatribes' like McDonald-Smith's
Over the last few months of Julie McDonald-Smith’s tenure as a columnist, it seems that more than a few discerning readers have noticed how wrong her “right view” is. But don’t get me wrong, Julie. I applaud the editor’s choice of bringing your “visions” to the public’s scrutiny. So rather than “pile on” by suggesting […]
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Letter: Reaction to the pledge is troubling
Much of the time, I am in agreement with Edgar Allen Beem’s opinions, but his latest on the Pledge of Allegiance (“Socialism and the Pledge of Allegiance”) has me troubled. I get the impression that he personally does not approve of its recitation. I hope that I’m wrong. I am most troubled by the young […]
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Letter: Former Dems know party is out of touch
Forecaster columnist Edgar Allen Beem has sunken to a new low with his recent personal attack on Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew (“Mary Mayhew’s war on the poor”), which weaved mention of her early life and family into criticisms of her policy proposals while DHHS commissioner. Beem’s primary complaint seems to […]
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St. Patrick's Day parade braves cold weather in Portland
Keira O’Brien, of Falmouth, dances a jig along with a 50-member dance troupe Sunday during Portland’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Commercial Street. The dancers are from the Gorham-based Stillson School of Irish Dance. Zabina Zimmerman, 4, of Cape Elizabeth, struggles to extract candy from a bowl with her heavy winter gloves Sunday during Portland’s […]
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NJ man tapped as USM president
PORTLAND — Harvey Kesselman has been selected as the next president of the University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine System announced Wednesday. Kesselman will come to the university after 35 years working for the similarly sized Stockton College – now Stockton University – of New Jersey, where he held a wide range of faculty and […]
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Portland school budget may increase spending 1.2%
PORTLAND — Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk on Tuesday proposed a 2016 fiscal-year school budget that includes a spending increase of nearly $1.2 million, or 1.2 percent. The total budget, which Caulk called “modest,” is nearly $102.8 million. Caulk presented the proposal to the School Board, which unanimously sent it to the Finance Committee for review. If […]
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Portland, landlord agree on Dartmouth Street building repairs
PORTLAND — A consent order agreed to Monday by landlord Gregory Nisbet gives him until March 16 to make repairs and improvements to the apartment building he owns at 186-192 Dartmouth St. The order, approved in Portland District Court, requires Nisbet to immediately clean up garbage, remove interior door locks, install a sprinkler head over […]
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Editorial: Falmouth is open for business (just ask the folks at Tidewater Farm)
The Falmouth Town Council made a mistake Monday when it unanimously approved zoning changes that would allow construction of a restaurant and sports pub off Clearwater Drive in Tidewater Village. It’s not that the business, Rivalries, doesn’t belong in Falmouth. It’s that it doesn’t belong on the lot chosen for the project. Although the proposal […]
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Portland, state DOT prepare for Woodfords Corner work
PORTLAND — Walking and bicycling through Woodford’s Corner can be a challenge, but state and city officials hope it will become easier after a $1.5 million improvements project. City councilors will vote Monday, March 16, on an agreement with the state Department of Transportation to widen shoulders, better define bicycle lanes and add amenities including […]