I love how white America is dealing with the news items the past few months about black people and police shootings; jury verdicts of not-guilty for white defendants; grand jury refusals to indict white policemen, etc. Let’s play pretend; let’s pretend that the black people shot in the past year in these U.S. news stories […]
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Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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GUEST COLUMN: Shop local this holiday season
As the season of giving kicks into full gear, we are excited to see so much positive energy surrounding our local economy. The snowflakes are starting to fall, and holiday shoppers are out and about. We are especially happy to see that many shoppers are increasingly looking for ways to shop locally for gifts. Small […]
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THE REALLY LONG VIEW: Dickens, LePage part ways
In Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol,” the ghost of Jacob Marley sharply rebukes Ebenezer Scrooge for defending his myopic devotion to “business” as life’s only worthy value: “Business?! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but […]
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THE REALLY LONG VIEW: Dickens, LePage part ways
In Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol,” the ghost of Jacob Marley sharply rebukes Ebenezer Scrooge for defending his myopic devotion to “business” as life’s only worthy value: “Business?! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but […]
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Windham police arrest 16-year-old for RSU 14 threats
Windham police say a 16-year-old Windham male was arrested Tuesday night for multiple counts of Class C terrorizing, in association with this week’s shutdown of Regional School Unit 14. Police are not releasing the name of the individual but say he is being detained. He is charged with one count of terrorizing for each of […]
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Windham police arrest 16-year-old for RSU 14 threats
Windham police say a 16-year-old Windham male was arrested Tuesday night for multiple counts of Class C terrorizing, in association with this week’s shutdown of Regional School Unit 14. Police are not releasing the name of the individual but say he is being detained. He is charged with one count of terrorizing for each of […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Definitely worth the trip
I got a Christmas letter the other day from some distant relatives up country. The way I see it, any relative you have to drive almost four hours to visit is a distant relative – even if it’s a brother or first cousin. For the past several years, these folks have been including a nice […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Nothing was delivered
There are plenty of ideas for reforming the electoral process in Maine, nearly all of them confusing, expensive or stupid. Also, none of them produces a fairer result. Ranked-choice voting? It’s complicated (lots of people mark their ballots in ways they didn’t intend), costly (it requires new voting machines) and – in spite of proponents’ […]
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FISHING LINES: Get caught up with fishing on Sebago
“Wherever the fish are, that’s where we go.” Richard Wagner Hello, fellow fishermen! I’ll be writing a monthly fishing column for Current Publishing‘s family of local newspapers. When I was asked to do this, I was taken aback as there is not much journalism in my background beyond writing content for Sebago Chapter of Trout […]
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A year in, bus still chugging
Nine months ago, John Rand of Raymond started commuting to work on the Lakes Region Shuttle. For Rand, an employee of the environmental engineering firm, Amec Foster Wheeler, abandoning his long commutes to work in Portland has been a blessing. Instead of driving, he works on his laptop on the way. “It’s totally awesome,” Rand […]