In the fall of 2012, after a self-imposed tuition freeze for the academic year starting that fall, the University of Maine System board of trustees and then-new Chancellor James Page responded to Gov. Paul LePage’s request for belt-tightening by proposing a further two-year tuition freeze in exchange for flat funding from the Legislature. That took […]

I have never been more appalled in reading a letter until I saw the one regarding a candidate for Cumberland County sheriff. The letter spoke of Mike Edes running for sheriff with little to no management expertise, as he was a sergeant in the Maine State Police and has never managed hundreds of employees or […]

While I was an EMT on the Scarborough Rescue several years ago, Mike Edes was a police officer in town during some of that time, and I want to say what a privilege it was to work with him during some difficult moments. Mike was a caring and compassionate officer who demonstrated the utmost in […]

Julie McDonald’s The Right View is a poor addition to The Forecaster’s Opinion pages. Her latest column, about Common Core State Standards, is so empty that I don’t know what her view is, beyond opposition to CCSS. I enjoy reading reasoned arguments from all viewpoints, but this article just makes unsupported assertions, which is not […]

If the South Portland City Council were batting .500 as a baseball team, its performance would be outstanding. But .500 isn’t good enough on a pair of proposed zoning revisions now before the elected officials. Councilors endorsed the provisions last week, sending both of them to second and final votes on May 19. One change […]