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  • Letter: Elect Sanchez to SAD 51 board

    I am writing to encourage School Administrative District 51 residents to vote for Gigi Sanchez for School Board in the upcoming elections. I know Gigi through youth athletics, specifically girls lacrosse. She is a “roll-your-sleeves-up” person who is generous with her time and talents...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:20 am

  • The Universal Notebook: Pictures of childhood

    One of the prize artifacts of childhood in our family is a photograph of my mother, age 4, standing on the wheel of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis as it sat on the sands of Old Orchard Beach in July of 1927. Two months before, Lindbergh had made history by making the first n...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:00 am
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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...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 20, 2013

  • 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...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 20, 2013

  • 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...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, May 20, 2013

  • 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...

    • Opinion •
    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

  • Forecaster Forum: Putting aside politics to reform Maine's tax code

    What happens when one independent, five Democrats and five Republicans decide to leave their politics at the door in the name of Maine’s well being? A chance at real and meaningful reform is created. By now you have probably heard a good deal about the so-called “Gang of 11,&rd...

    Rep. Mark Dion, Rep. Sara Gideon and Rep. Amy Volk • Opinion •
    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm
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