Opinion

Letter: Scarborough issue is access

This is a request to Scarborough Town Councilors Roy and Sullivan to ask for reconsideration of the July 15 vote by the Town Council to give Depot Street to a seasonal business in exchange for a 22-foot corridor access to the beach. Depot Street has belonged to the town and has provided year-ro...

Opinion •
Monday, July 27, 2009
Letter: Scarborough needs 'outrage'

It is my hope that the people of Scarborough will express their outrage at the action of the Town Council on July 15. A good portion of Depot Road will be given to a private organization free of charge in what is characterized as a "land swap." A public hearing on the matter was hel...

Opinion •
Monday, July 27, 2009
Forecaster Forum: Remembering Walter Cronkite, the newsman's newsman

As a reporter for the Portland Press Herald in the early 1980s, my notebook and pen in hand, I walked up to Walter Cronkite at a Maine Mall bookstore. I figured I had him cornered and I went in for the kill. "Isn't it a bit commercial for you to be selling books?" I asked. I a...

Ted Cohen • Opinion •
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 4:30 pm
The Universal Notebook: The eternal vigilance of beach-going

Back in the 1960s, Higgins Beach in Scarborough attracted teenagers from all over greater Portland. Scarboro Beach, then known as Jordan's Beach because old Mrs. Jordan sat on the access road in her beach wagon collecting parking fees, was the family beach, but Higgins was the hot ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:00 am
Letter: Share the beach in South Portland

The City Council of South Portland acted wisely and correctly when it enacted its Willard Beach compromise last winter. This compromise allows dog owners and their supervised dogs on the beach from 7 am. to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m during the warmer months of the year. The misnamed Save W... 1

Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Letter: Falmouth teacher a 'father figure'

My son spent a great year in Paul Rosenblum's Falmouth class, and when he got an award from the Red Cross three years later he wanted Paul at the ceremony to share that moment with our family. I volunteered over 40 hours in Rosenblum's class. At all times Paul was an outstanding example and tea...

Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm
The Universal Notebook: Hot dog! It's summer!

By the time you read this (unless you're reading it online, in which case you're probably too early), I'll be up at the church cooking. The sun came out today for the first time in a month, so it may finally be summer. Around here that means the Yarmouth Clam Festival (July 17-19) and the Yarmouth C...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Letter: 'Need' versus 'want' in Yarmouth

On July 20 the Yarmouth Town Council will discuss spending $175,000 to improve a small waterfront facility on Cousins Island. Currently the use of that area is well balanced between boaters, picnickers, kayak and canoe users, swimmers and the neighbors. However, some changes need to be made to def...

Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 11:00 am
Letter: Falmouth fortunate to have Rosenblum

I am writing in response to the story regarding Falmouth teacher Paul Rosenblum. My daughter just graduated from Falmouth High School. Her senior discovery presentation required a Falmouth teacher be present; most students choose a high school teacher. My daughter chose Paul Rosenblum – her teache...

Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 11:00 am
Letter: Falmouth 'mock wedding' isn't news

I am writing this letter to you to express my concern about your quest for information about the "mock wedding" at Plummer Motz School and the implicit allegations of "cover up." As a parent of two children in Falmouth (and one recently in Mr. Rosenblum's classroom), I rely on Th...

Opinion •
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:40 am