On Nov. 4, the residents of Standish will go to the polls and vote on two referendum questions concerning term limits. Our initial reaction may be that term limits are a good thing, but we shouldn’t let our frustration with the state and federal government cloud our judgment and infer that term limits are a […]
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Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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LETTERS: Re-elect McClellan
I own my own business and generate all of my own work. I am basically the only employee of my company. Without people like me and thousands of other small businesses, there would be nobody to take tax money from to run public schools, town government and all the other aspects of government. Large businesses […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: The fleecing of freedom
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.” John Adams, second I believe that the freedoms that we enjoy are under attack and what scares me the most is I feel many people do not see what is happening. We have to be vigilant against foreign and domestic terrorists because if […]
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Inside Windham – Oct 31
Chicken Dinner On Saturday, Nov. 1, a chicken cordon bleu dinner will be served from 5-6 p.m. by the Windham Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church parish hall. Proceeds will benefit Operation Tribute, Gorham. The organization provides a Christmas gift for every child in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and upstate New […]
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Maine’s 10 big money elite giving $3.95 million to this year’s elections
They are the elite of the elite. They may not be one-in-a-million, but they are ten-in-a-million. The top 10 individual Maine donors to state and national political campaigns represent just .001 percent of Maine’s adult population of about one million. But that minuscule percentage represents 27.3 per cent of all donations to candidates, parties and […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Voting next week? Liar!
Election snippets from here and there in the Land of 04074…. SIGNS, SIGNS EVERYWHERE A SIGN Political lawn signs are like Italian lira; there are so many of them that they are nearly value-less. Especially true of the millions in traffic intersections, or in dirt on side of road. Why? I’M UP LATE AT NIGHT […]
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GUEST COLUMN: A sea change at Scarborough Town Hall?
What a year it has been in Scarborough. Think back for a minute on what we have been through. There was the ugly process of amending the animal control ordinance that stretched out over many months. Then this spring’s enactment of a school budget that was rejected once by the voters and then approved with […]
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Cross country: Class B, C regionals a prelude to States
The cross country season is rapidly tracking to its climax – next weekend’s States in Belfast – and this past Saturday, East and West held their Regional meets to determine who’ll compete. On the boys’ side in Class B, York took top honors, with Greely winning second; on the girls’ side, Yarmouth stole the show, […]
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Cross country: Class B, C regionals a prelude to States
The cross country season is rapidly tracking to its climax – next weekend’s States in Belfast – and this past Saturday, East and West held their Regional meets to determine who’ll compete. On the boys’ side in Class B, York took top honors, with Greely winning second; on the girls’ side, Yarmouth stole the show, […]
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Football: Eagles beat Scots to end season 7-1
Every team’s got a neighborly rival, a nemesis from across the tracks that once, maybe twice a year stops by for a little smash-mouth. Biddeford’s got TA, South Portland’s got Portland…and Scarborough. And Windham’s got Bonny Eagle, who put up a good fight in the first half of Friday night’s battle, both teams’ last of […]