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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: Elitist agenda in North Yarmouth

    Recently the North Yarmouth selectmen changed the status of Old Town House Park to no hunting after allowing it in a previous vote. Their bias against hunting is obvious, as statistics show hunting is safer than any other sport nationally, including Ping-Pong. The elitist bias of t...

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    Monday, October 12, 2009

  • Letter: Crowds fuel Maine Marathon runner

    As a newbie participant in the Peak Performance Maine Marathon, I'd like to express my gratitude to the residents and volunteers of Portland and Falmouth who came out to support the runners with their voices, cowbells, cups of water and Gatorade, and shouts of encouragement. More than a race,...

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    Monday, October 12, 2009

  • Letter: Reject the excise tax initiative

    Do not be fooled by ballot Question 2, which its promoters want you to think will provide excise tax relief. This initiative is flagrantly unfair and will not benefit most middle-income Maine residents. What it will do is cause chaos in municipal budgets, which will hurt our children, who canno...

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    Monday, October 12, 2009

  • The Universal Notebook: Wrestling with the referendums

    Personally, I'm not a big fan of government by referendum. I know, I know – power to the people and all that. But there's just something too desperate and Californian about throwing every difficult issue out to public referendum and undermining the work of our elected representatives. That said, I... 2

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:00 am

  • Letter: Elect Christie in Cape Elizabeth

    As residents of Cape Elizabeth, please join us in electing John Christie to the School Board. As parents of two, John knows that the decisions made by our board are an integral part of keeping our school in the top tier for the state. In addition to the beautiful landscape, we can all agree that a...

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    Monday, October 5, 2009 at 5:00 pm

  • Forecaster Forum: College bill needs second look

    The Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative think-tank, issued a report last week well-timed to start a debate on government spending. The report, called the "Maine Piglet Book," tabulated around $2 billion in what the MHPC sees as wasteful pork. Yet it's one thing to pick apart l...

    Jonathan LaBonte • Opinion •
    Monday, October 5, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  • Short Relief: Blink and there's bound to be another gubernatorial candidate

    Thirteen months to go before the 2010 election and it seems like there are as many people running for governor as will be voting. On the Republican side of the aisle, there are several attractive candidates worth considering already, and there is still time for others to jump into the r...

    Halsey Frank • Opinion •
    Monday, October 5, 2009 at 1:00 pm

  • Letter: Questioning South Portland petitions

    I take issue with Gary Crosby's insistence that the 1,000 signatures on the referendum petitions to ban dogs from Willard Beach in South Portland represents 1,000 people supporting the referendum. I was approached several times at the post office to sign the petition. The various women were ev...

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    Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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