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  • Letter: Bickerstaff, Harrington for Falmouth School Board

    Caryn Bickerstaff has been an active volunteer within the Falmouth school community for 10 years; as such she has seen the impact of the many challenges the schools have recently faced. She is a founding member of the Falmouth Music Parents Association and past president. Her commitment to qualit...

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  • Letter: Falmouth should elect Harrington, Bickerstaff

    We are delighted that Falmouth has two strong candidates for School Board: Clare Harrington and Caryn Bickerstaff. As parents of four Falmouth graduates we continue to have a strong commitment to our excellent schools. Clare and her husband, whose children are currently in the Falmouth sch...

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  • Letter: Hanley for SAD 51 Board of Directors

    As Cumberland residents with children currently in the School Administrative District 51 school system, we are writing to support Bethany Hanley's election to the School Board. Bethany is a passionate and committed community member with leadership experience in many different roles impacting yout...

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  • Letter: Bickerstaff for Falmouth School Board

    Caryn Bickerstaff and her family have lived in Falmouth since 2003 and her children currently attend Falmouth schools. She is a founding member of the Falmouth Music Parents Association, which was formed when the music department budget was cut a few years ago. Caryn served as the president its f...

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  • Letter: Support the Freeport High School bond

    Regional School Unit 5 needs your support and your vote on June 11 for the bond initiative to renovate our high school serving Durham, Pownal and Freeport. The 1961 building has served well for 50 years, but today’s children (tomorrow’s future) need this investment to assure we can no...

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  • Letter: Falmouth councilor backs Anderson, Harrington, Bickerstaff

    Falmouth has a long tradition of having qualified, reasonable people serve as town councilors. We may not always agree on the issues, but those who have been elected generally come to the table with the best of intentions, prepared and engaged. Falmouth voters have been well-served by a collabora...

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  • Letter: Change the face of Route 1 in Falmouth

    What is Falmouth lacking? As a resident and father of three young children, my answer is “not much.” The schools are excellent, our neighborhoods are fantastic places to live, we have access to lakes, the ocean, the Audubon Center, a great town library – I could go on for a...

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    Monday, May 20, 2013

  • The Universal Notebook: The government is us, governor

    “The government is what we call ourselves when we agree to work together,” retired U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., told an audience at Colby College in Waterville last month. The problem of partisan gridlock in Washington, Frank explained, is not a function of Republicans and ...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:50 pm

  • The View From Away: Laughter is the best medicine (followed closely by therapy and psychotropic meds)

    One of the more enlightening aspects of my Canadian adventure, and a reason I will have a soft spot for Canada long after this job ends, is the experience of working without the specter of depression looming over my head all the time. The clinical kind, I mean. I still get plenty of the ga...

    Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:30 pm

  • Policy Wonk: Balanced tax reform eludes Woodbury, 'Gang of 11'

    It is not the boldness of the reforms that is troubling about LD 1496, the set of tax reforms proposed by the so-called "Gang of 11" and its principal architect, Yarmouth independent Sen. Richard Woodbury. It is the breadth of the legislation. The number of moving parts (proposed changes) ...

    Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:20 pm
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