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  • The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

    Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

  • Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

    I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

    Abby Diaz • Opinion •
    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am
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  • Letter: Congress needs a clean elections law

    There is much to dislike in the pending health-care reform legislation, as well as many things to applaud in it. What is most distasteful of all has been the process that has led to the current situation. First came some good proposals to provide real competition among insurers, control co...

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    Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:50 am

  • Letter: Falmouth ski trails need public support

    Thank you to The Forecaster and Peggy Roberts for a thoughtful article on the combined efforts by volunteers, the school district and the town to groom and maintain ski trails in Falmouth Community Park this year. After the new school construction displaced the Nordic ski teams’ usual trai...

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    Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:30 am

  • Letter: Don't cut Falmouth school staff

    At a recent Falmouth School Board and school administration presentation, the focus of administrators appeared to point to a plan that would in large part reduce school spending by cutting staff. The extensive and well-prepared teacher statements outlining the value of their various programs rein...

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    Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:20 am

  • Letter: Local legislators fail the economic test

    It is too bad that Tony Payne didn’t use the opportunity in his column, “A little heat could improve Maine’s business climate," to address the MERI ratings of legislators in The Forecaster’s circulation area. It is a little ironic, if not self-defeating, that we who live in the economic c...

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    Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:50 am

  • Letter: LePage for governor

    Gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage is a breath of fresh air. Electing someone qualified for governor really gives me hope.I took the opportunity to meet the Waterville mayor at the Marion T. Morse Center in Lisbon Falls. He is extremely honest and principled. In an age where sensibility s...

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    Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 12:20 pm

  • Probing Politics: A little heat could improve Maine’s business climate

    Just as the 124th Maine Legislature reconvenes for its second session, the Maine Economic Research Institute has published its legislator ratings for the first regular session which ran from January to June of 2009. The ... 4

    Tony Payne • Opinion •
    Monday, January 4, 2010 at 3:20 pm

  • Letter: Thanks from South Portland Food Cupboard

    The spirit of giving was alive and well in the South Portland area this year. Our food cupboard was overwhelmed with the response of the food drives performed by elementary schools, church youth groups, scouts and local businesses. Hannaford Bros. kept us supplied with their "Fund A Feast" boxes ...

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    Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:30 am

  • Letter: Cumberland road work is necessary

    I am writing in support of Cumberland’s Route 88 improvement project, which was recently unanimously approved by the Town Council. We have lived off of Route 88 for 30 years, and I walk recreationally on the road several times a week. This project is a matter of safety for those who walk,...

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    Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:20 am
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