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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...

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    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: Anti-hunting conspiracy in North Yarmouth?

    Regarding North Yarmouth’s showdown over hunting, let me say hunting is a safe sport, more so than most other contact sports. According to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Association, for the period of 1990-2006, only two hunting incidents occurred in Maine where the victim was not a hunter. The...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:30 am

  • Letter: Communication can open North Yarmouth land

    A story last week claimed that a “showdown looms over hunting in North Yarmouth.” In fact, the real issue is that too much private land in North Yarmouth is posted “no hunting.” As a result, hunters, sports teams, hikers and others are heading toward an unnecessary confl...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:30 am

  • Letter: Falmouth Flyer funding questioned

    Before Falmouth residents fill out their surveys regarding the use of their tax money, I hope I can share another side of the Falmouth Flyer with you. I live on Route 1, and the bus goes by my house 24 times a day, six days per week. When I see the bus, it is usually empty or nearly so, but that...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:20 am

  • Letter: More tax, less revenue

    Regarding Chalmers Hardenbergh’s letter, “Let’s tax Les Otten," I caution him to consider the consequences of higher taxes in other states: People and businesses leave. From The Wall Street Journal, “Soak the Rich, Loose the Rich” (Arthur Laffer, May 18, 2009), f...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:10 am

  • Letter: Gratitude from Yarmouth school nurses

    A sincere thank you from the Yarmouth school nurses to the many volunteers who helped us make our H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine clinics so successful. From the nurses who gave the shots, to the crowd-control experts, right down to the cheerful and enthusiastic volunteers who checked students in a...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:10 am

  • Letter: Protect Falmouth property rights

    Why do some Falmouth town councilors want more land restrictions exceeding even state requirements – at what cost to property owners and taxpayers for enforcement – while we are already burdened with high taxes? If we don't stop some runaway councilors with their own agendas, F...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:00 am

  • Letter: Thanks from The Salvation Army

    I would like to express enormous gratitude to your readers for their support of The Salvation Army's 2009 Annual Christmas Kettle Campaign. This year the greater Portland community generously increased their support of the Christmas Kettle Campaign. Not only was our goal met, but it was ex...

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    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:50 am

  • Letter: Success of RSU 1 swim program

    Thank you for reporting on the great success RSU 1 has had in assuring that its goal of providing free swim lessons to all third- and fourth-graders can become a reality. As noted in the story in your Jan. 22 edition, the RSU 1 committee appointed by Superintendent William Shuttleworth has...

    Opinion •
    Friday, January 29, 2010
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