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Opinion

  • Letter: Falmouth board member regrets budget vote

    As the only negative vote on two issues bought before the Falmouth School Board in early April, I wanted to now admit that my vote against the budget was based upon a false assumption, one cleared up by my wife, not anyone in the faculty, administration or Falmouth School Board. The vote was a co...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 9:10 am

  • Letter: Congress Square Plaza column ignored facts

    If Marian McCue's Forecaster Forum about Congress Square Plaza appeared 30 years ago, it would have been on target. Today it is an opinion...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

  • Letter: Bath makes it easier to bike to health

    Thanks largely to two volunteer organizations, Bath Trails and the City of Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, our City of Ships is a particularly good place to get healthy with its network of trails and fifty miles of uncrowded streets. Bath has more bike parking spaces per capita than...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Letter: Keep South Portland parks free of alcohol

    South Portland has some very beautiful, alcohol-free parks, beaches and recreation areas. City councilors of the past have seen fit to keep the sale and use of alcohol out of those public areas. As I have talked with citizens about the ordinance change before the City Council to allow alcohol to ...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Letter: Maine should tighten packaging rules

    On Mother's Day, I think of my daughter, the mother of a 1-year-old son. She is a terrific mother due to her parenting knowledge, attitudes, skills and great love; but what impresses me so much is that she constantly tries to avoid unsafe chemicals in food packaging and household products.

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:40 am

  • Letter: Elect Harrington, Bickerstaff in Falmouth

    I am writing to express my support for Clare Harrington and Caryn Bickerstaff for election to the Falmouth School Board. I worked closely with Clare when she served on the building committee for the new elementary school. She was always current on issues facing the committee and brought a ...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Letter: Anderson for Falmouth town councilor

    I recommend that you vote for Russ Anderson for Falmouth town councilor because I’ve seen him successfully manage a business while he was president of the Woodlands Club; I know from my working with him that he has strong financial skills, listens to all options and can make tough decisions...

    • Opinion •
    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:50 pm

  • The Universal Notebook: LePage, Bowen both get F's

    Did anyone ever benefit from being publicly identified as a total failure? I don’t think so. But that’s what Gov. Paul LePage and education Commissioner Stephen Bowen have done by releasing a completely bogus Maine School Performance Grading System report card that ranks some 600 publ...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm

  • Policy Wonk: Concrete alternatives to the LePage budget

    As this column was about to go to press, a bi-partisan group of legislators led by Sen. Richard Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, released a bold proposal to reform state taxes and tax expenditures. There is a lot to like in the bi-partisan reforms, but some provisions will almost certai...

    Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:50 am

  • Abby's Road: My son explains it all

    My son is almost 19 months old. Recently, he was trying to bite my kneecap as I bent down to put away some folded laundry. I turned to him and I said: “Son, what is up?” This was his answer: “What is up? You are up. The stairs are up. The kitchen stools are up. I l...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:20 am
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