Low cost yoga offered in Brunswick Jai Yoga in Brunswick will be offering very low, or no cost, classes to kids, parents and teachers this summer, thanks to a Teaching For Diversity Grant recently awarded by Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in western Massachusetts. Schedule and class details can be found at JaiYogaHome.com or […]
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Community Calendar: July 9-22
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Saturday 7/12 Bike and Build bike safety clinic, 6 p.m., St. Mary’s church, Route 88, Falmouth, 45–0040, free lasagna dinner immediately after the clinic, open to the community. Ongoing Casco Bay Newcomers Club, group for women who have recently moved to the Portland area, meets the second Tuesday of each month, […]
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Arts Calendar: July 9-22
Greater Portland Books & Authors Saturday 7/12 “Mirror Image” book signing with first-time Maine author, Clinton C. Smith, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books and Stationery, 128 Main St., Freeport, 869-9000. Monday 7/14 “Finding Your Inner Moose: Ida LeClair’s Guide to Livin’ the Good Life,” reading and signing with Susan Poulin, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 […]
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Out & About: Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival ready to go
As mid-July approaches, Maine residents and visitors alike can enjoy the crescendo of our state’s hectic summer schedule of arts and entertainment. During the summer months, most activity takes place outside Portland. In Harrison, the 42nd annual edition of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival starts on July 15. Arundel Barn Playhouse, an archetype of summer […]
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Unsung Hero: Janice Parker, born to teach
PORTLAND — When she was in fourth grade, Janice Parker recalled, her teacher said she was a “pain” because she would finish her work early. “She pointed to two boys in the class and told me to teach them how to read,” Parker said. “So I’d take them into a closet at school and teach […]
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The Universal Notebook: We are all illegal immigrants
So President Barack Obama has finally decided to bypass Congress and enact sweeping immigration reforms himself. It’s about time. House Republicans long ago forfeited the right to be considered anything other than obstructionist ideologues. They care more about winning than they do about serving their country and solving pressing social problems. Comprehensive immigration reform is […]
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The Right View: Teach your children what it means to be an American
On the occasion of America’s 238th birthday, I find myself wondering about our current state of affairs, and how we got here. I think I may have an idea. To the parents and grandparents out there, I ask this: Sit down with your children or grandchildren, and quiz them on the Constitution, the Bill of […]
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Policy Wonk: Income inequality risks our economic future
The gap between the rich and poor in Maine and the nation is large, long-standing, and growing. It is not a temporary phenomena borne of the recent recession that will self-correct as a slow-moving recovery unfolds. On the contrary, this gap goes back 150 years. It is rooted in the Horatio Alger (“rags to riches”) […]
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Letter: McDonald-Smith's column provides balance
How refreshing to see “The Right View” by Julie McDonald-Smith after being subjected to years of Edgar Allen Beem’s left-winged bombastic barrages. What I would have given to have been present at the meeting of the hierarchy when it was decided to give The Forecaster some semblance of political objectivity. I offer my sincere thanks […]
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Letter: McDonald-Smith column lacks logic, knowledge
Julie McDonald-Smith’s recent column (“The Right View: Obama’s lawlessness shocking on its face”) was a spectacular exercise in propaganda, paranoia and generally poor writing. It should be shared with Maine students as an exercise in rhetoric: spot the fallacy. The factual inaccuracies and unfounded conclusions of McDonald-Smith’s column are too numerous to fully address, so […]