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A chronological compilation of local columns, letters and editorials from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

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Opinion

  • Short Relief: Portland shouldn't dilute the right to vote

    Aug 31, 2010 8:50 am

    Last year, state Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, sponsored LD 1195, an act to allow non-citizen residents to vote in municipal elections. Under the bill a municipality could “provide by ordinance for a person residing within its borders who is not a citizen of the United States to vote in a municipal election.”

  • Letter: Falmouth library still likes Lunt

    Aug 30, 2010 3:40 pm

    The board of trustees of Falmouth Memorial Library would like to clarify that, consistent with our written resolution of Aug. 17 and Trustee Sean Joyce's comments, we believe that moving to Lunt very likely will meet our long-term needs. Our concern is and has been that this move is accomplished in the most fiscally prudent manner possible. With that in mind we are resolved to continue to speak with the town, the Town Council and our fellow residents in order to achieve this in the most satisfactory way possible for all parties concerned.

  • Letter: Wind series unfair to task force

    Aug 30, 2010 11:40 am

    I write to express my disappointment regarding a series of articles authored by Naomi Schalit of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting that did not accurately represent the efforts of the Governor’s Wind Power Task Force.

    Gov. Baldacci established the task force with very general goals, recognizing that Maine’s regulations concerning wind power projects were outdated and in need of review.

  • The Universal Notebook: Wrestling with religious tolerance

    Aug 30, 2010 11:10 am

    Polite people don’t talk publicly about sex, money or religion. That’s what I was brought up to believe, so I guess I’m not a very polite person.

    I was also brought up to be tolerant of different religious beliefs. I do my best, but I’m not perfect. And I don’t regard being critical as the same thing as being intolerant.

  • Reporter's Notebook: Growing comfortable in a thick skin

    Aug 30, 2010 11:00 am

    Of all the things I collected at The Forecaster, my favorite is a letter in which attorney F. Lee Bailey essentially calls me a liar.

    Bailey, of course, is a pretty big deal. For a time, one local newspaper had taken to writing “internationally famous” before his name, as if celebrity that crosses oceans is a metric for higher credibility (somewhere, probably in Germany, David Hasselhoff nods in agreement).

  • Letter: Brunswick councilor speaks her conscience

    Aug 30, 2010 10:30 am

    I would like to respond to a recent letter from Jeffrey Alan Morse about his concern with Brunswick Town Council Vice Chairwoman Deborah Atwood's stance on a company that has been involved with military drone development and currently seeks to set up shop at Brunswick Naval Air Station. One has to read the news to know that non-combatants are regularly the victims of these drone attacks. I am glad that Atwood has the courage to voice her concerns over this plan.

  • Letter: Re-elect Davis to state Senate

    Aug 30, 2010 10:20 am

    We live in troubled times, we need a man of the caliber of Jerry Davis to represent the people of District 11 in the Maine Senate. Please re-elect Jerry in the upcoming election.

    Marie C. Brown
    Falmouth

  • Letter: What is Falmouth hiding?

    Aug 30, 2010 10:10 am

    The reason I have used the Freedom of Access Act to gather facts is because of tips I received from Falmouth citizens about continuous waste of tax dollars. Can anyone reading this think of any institution that writes two checks totaling nearly $38,000 without anything in the file folder except a paid invoice? Falmouth paid this money for a total of 13 crosswalks on Route 1 and around the schools that have worn off the pavement. Not a contract copy, not a bid document, not an OEM document, not a warranty document could be found. What happened to those documents?

  • Letter: Support the Falmouth Flyer

    Aug 30, 2010 10:10 am

    For the past four years I have been taking the Flyer bus to Portland and back at least once a week. Riding the bus saves me the hassle of finding a place to park, and dealing with traffic, pedestrians, etc. The Portland Public Library, Monument Square, the Maine Historical Society and many other places of interest are within easy walking distance of the Elm Street bus terminal, and from there it's possible to transfer to bus lines going to other parts of the city, even to Westbrook and the Maine Mall.

  • Letter: Say 'no' to Falmouth facilities plan

    Aug 30, 2010 10:10 am

    We have lived in Falmouth since 1965 and have managed just fine without a community center. With the economy the way it is, I don't feel that the average Falmouth resident can keep taking on more and more just because a certain few feel this is the way we should go. We try to teach our children to live within their means and to be thinking ahead for a rainy day. I don't think that's what is being proposed with all these wants.

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