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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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    Monday, May 20, 2013

  • 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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    Monday, May 20, 2013
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  • Editorial: Where we stand on local and state ballot questions

    There are several local ballot questions facing voters in The Forecaster coverage area Nov. 3, and seven more facing all voters on the statewide ballot. Here's where we stand on them: South Portland The debate over whether dogs should be allowed, and to what extent, on...

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    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 10:10 am

  • The Universal Notebook: My media bias

    Last month, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a survey that showed that 60 percent of Americans believe the press is politically biased. That's 78 percent of Republicans, 62 percent of Independents, and 50 percent of Democrats. Just two years ago, only 39...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 3:10 pm

  • Probing Politics: Excess, excise and TABOR II

    "Government should grow at the same rate as the economy," according to Christopher "Kit" St. John, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, speaking in opposition to TABOR II at Policy Soundings, a forum for state and national issues. It seems to reflect a... 2

    Tony Payne • Opinion •
    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:40 pm

  • Global Matters: Drug abuse of a different kind

    There comes a moment when you realize you've crossed over into another "demographic," when it hits you that you're no longer as young as you think you are, or as young as you feel. You discover that while you may think you're 39 years old, the world knows you're, well, not. There's...

    Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm

  • Letter: Cancer society thanks Bath, Brunswick

    On behalf of the American Cancer Society, I would like to thank the Bath/Brunswick community for its generosity and support of the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday, Oct. 18. More than 200 walkers and volunteers participated, and we raised close to $45,000 t...

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    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm

  • Letter: McKane says Innes' defense fails

    After reading Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes' letter last week defending her vote on my bill, LD 290, I feel I must set the record straight. I put this bill in for my constituents who have consistently asked my why they can't buy health insurance out-of-state as they can other forms of insurance. What I r...

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    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm

  • Letter: Freeport needs athletic fields

    Freeport is in desperate need of playing fields. We have only three full-size fields for all of the recreational, club and school teams in the fall and spring. The surrounding towns have, at the least, seven fields available for a similar number of teams. Often in Freeport up to four teams are si...

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    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm

  • Letter: Reward Snowe's independence

    Sen. Olympia Snowe did something pretty extraordinary: she voted for a bill on its merits, after careful consideration, because she saw a serious problem that needed to be dealt with. Our senator bucked the urge to leverage political advantage, and voted for the Finance Committee bill on health care...

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    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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