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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: Limbaugh, Beck led the way

    I greatly appreciated "A show of hands," which honored Edgar Allen Beem's aging parents. (But) the Limbaughs and Becks of conservative mindset are the very ones who revealed the "end of life counseling" in the (Obama) health-care bill. I'm hearing now, "no, they won't k... 1

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    Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Letter: Beem and Whole Foods

    In his recent column "Let them eat Whole Foods," Edgar Allen Beem lambastes CEO John Mackey for criticizing Obama's health care plan. Beem called Mackey "predatory," "self-centered," "cynical" and "arrogant." He goes on to write that Mackey "is...

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    Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Letter: Support Cape's Shore Road Path

    I urge residents of Cape Elizabeth to support the Shore Road Path. There are compelling reasons to do so from the standpoints of how it will improve pedestrian safety, restore some country-road walkability to Shore Road, and connect some of Cape's community assets and parks. The project is also ...

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    Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Short Relief: Portland and the Bronx, worlds apart, closer than you think

    Recently, I drove 12 hours over two days to take my son, a life-long Red Sox fan, to the new Yankee Stadium to see a game with his grandfather, a die-hard Yankees fan. Their inter-game, pre-game, mid-game, and post-game telephone calls to one another are the source of much amusement for our fa...

    Halsey Frank • Opinion •
    Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Forecaster Forum: For volunteer, walking for children’s cancer gets even more personal

    As someone who has been involved with the Maine Children's Cancer Walk for the past 18 years, I have had the good fortune to meet and see many wonderful children, their families and a number of volunteers over the years. Their attitudes, spirit and commitment is an inspiration to everyone and remind...

    Jon Paradise • Opinion •
    Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Forecaster Forum: Medical school sheds light on what matters most in life

    My roommate has been showering in the dark all week. Why? The light bulb burned out. Why didn't she replace it? Because we had a neurology exam on Friday. Replacing the light bulb would have taken seven or eight minutes, and that's seven or eight minutes less looking at brain MRIs, memo... 1

    Kate Hayes • Opinion •
    Monday, August 31, 2009 at 12:20 pm

  • Letter: No on South Portland dog ban

    The November referendum to ban dog owners and their dogs from Willard Beach for six months a year certainly attests to the power of the written word and alarmist claims about what is happening at our beach. My observation of the situation since the late 1980s, and the gentrification of the beach...

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    Monday, August 31, 2009 at 11:50 am

  • The Universal Notebook: Let them eat Whole Foods

    We've known for many years now that Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey is not the sort of person most of his customers or employees would agree with, like or admire. He's a predatory, conservative free-marketer who's been able to corner the progressive organic health food market. E... 4

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, August 31, 2009 at 9:20 am
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