Opinion

Forecaster Forum: Strong communities, economic growth depend on affordable housing

More and more of our fellow residents are worried about how they will heat their homes through the winter. Even more troubling is that for another growing group of Mainers, simply finding affordable housing – let alone paying the heat bill – is becoming a major problem....

Rep. Terry K. Morrison • Opinion •
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 10:10 am
Letter: Congress needs a clean elections law

There is much to dislike in the pending health-care reform legislation, as well as many things to applaud in it. What is most distasteful of all has been the process that has led to the current situation. First came some good proposals to provide real competition among insurers, control co...

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Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:50 am
Letter: Falmouth ski trails need public support

Thank you to The Forecaster and Peggy Roberts for a thoughtful article on the combined efforts by volunteers, the school district and the town to groom and maintain ski trails in Falmouth Community Park this year. After the new school construction displaced the Nordic ski teams’ usual trai...

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Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:30 am
Letter: Don't cut Falmouth school staff

At a recent Falmouth School Board and school administration presentation, the focus of administrators appeared to point to a plan that would in large part reduce school spending by cutting staff. The extensive and well-prepared teacher statements outlining the value of their various programs rein...

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Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:20 am
Letter: Local legislators fail the economic test

It is too bad that Tony Payne didn’t use the opportunity in his column, “A little heat could improve Maine’s business climate," to address the MERI ratings of legislators in The Forecaster’s circulation area. It is a little ironic, if not self-defeating, that we who live in the economic c...

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Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:50 am
Letter: LePage for governor

Gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage is a breath of fresh air. Electing someone qualified for governor really gives me hope.I took the opportunity to meet the Waterville mayor at the Marion T. Morse Center in Lisbon Falls. He is extremely honest and principled. In an age where sensibility s...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Probing Politics: A little heat could improve Maine’s business climate

Just as the 124th Maine Legislature reconvenes for its second session, the Maine Economic Research Institute has published its legislator ratings for the first regular session which ran from January to June of 2009. The ... 4

Tony Payne • Opinion •
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Letter: Thanks from South Portland Food Cupboard

The spirit of giving was alive and well in the South Portland area this year. Our food cupboard was overwhelmed with the response of the food drives performed by elementary schools, church youth groups, scouts and local businesses. Hannaford Bros. kept us supplied with their "Fund A Feast" boxes ...

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Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:30 am
Letter: Cumberland road work is necessary

I am writing in support of Cumberland’s Route 88 improvement project, which was recently unanimously approved by the Town Council. We have lived off of Route 88 for 30 years, and I walk recreationally on the road several times a week. This project is a matter of safety for those who walk,...

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Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:20 am
Letter: It's wrong to write off libraries

Edgar Allen Beem wrote in his column about the demise of books, reading and libraries. Certainly libraries and the ways people access books and information are changing, but we are far from the last throes of a dying civilization. Although Beem spoke as a former librarian, he actually hasn’... 1

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Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:00 am