Opinion

Letter: Brown for SAD 51

We are writing to ask for your support for Mike Brown as a candidate for School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors. Mike has been a resident of Cumberland for more than 10 years and has always been interested and involved in the community, most recently as the vice chairm...

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Friday, May 29, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Letter: Every vote really counts

True story: I picked up The Forecaster last Tuesday and read about the SAD 51 budget and that there was to be a vote scheduled for that day. It was 3 p.m. so I didn't have much time, but raced to the polls to vote.

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Friday, May 29, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Letter: Don't restrict dogs on beach

On June 9 there will be a vote on the South Portland school budget at the South Portland Community Center. There will be a couple of citizen-initiated petitions you may be asked to sign when you go to cast your vote. One of them is to ban access for people who walk their dogs on Willard Beach f...

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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Letter: Vote yes to save Main Street

We've seen the signs urging us to "Save Main Street" in Cumberland by voting no on June 9. Instead I urge you to vote yes. This issue is about preserving one of the few remaining small business locations on this stretch of road. If we don't keep the businesses we have, Main Street c...

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 11:30 am
Letter: Yes on school budget

We'd like to remind you that on Tuesday, June 9, the polls are open at Falmouth High School. Not only is it the election of town councilors and School Board representatives, but it is also time to vote on the school budget validation referendum. Vote yes. The Falmouth School Departm...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:20 am
Letter: Endorsing Wrobleski

As two former town councilors and a former chairman of the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals, we are writing to support enthusiastically Joe Wrobleski's re-election to the Falmouth Town Council. Joe has been one of Falmouth's best town councilors, and deserves re-election. His leadership, good...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:20 am
Letter: Re-elect Wrobleski

Please join me in supporting Joe Wrobleski's re-election to the Falmouth Town Council. Through his work as the council's liaison to the Long Range Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC), I have come to know Joe as a knowledgeable advocate of reasonable natural resources protection policies. LPAC ...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 9:00 am
Letter: Clear thinker, hard worker

I appreciate the careful and intelligent thought Joe Wrobleski applies to all issues he encounters. He consistently reserves judgement until he considers all relative concerns and consequences. This is a developed thinking skill coming from many years practicing law as well as many years servin...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 9:00 am
Letter: Vote for Chase, Armitage

I moved to Falmouth in 1970 and bought a lot from Fred Chase in Brookside Forest. I have always found Fred to be an honest and reasonable person. When he was on the Town Council back in the 1970s he would always be accessible and his decisions were made with a lot of thought of how it would aff...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 8:50 am
The Universal Notebook: Do the right thing

Earlier this month we paid $775.28 to replace the catalytic converter on one of our cars. The old catalytic converter did not affect the operation of the car at all and the new one didn't improve it, but in order to get a state inspection sticker it had to be replaced. I wasn't at all pleased t...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 25, 2009