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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...

    • Opinion •
    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: Maine needs Biddeford Downs

    I’m writing to add my voice to the many who are asking the Legislature to vote in favor of allowing Biddeford Downs to move forward without another statewide referendum. The Biddeford Downs project is a revenue-generating venture. Maine desperately needs such ventures to get back in the bla...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, March 28, 2011 at 10:10 am

  • Letter: SAD 51 spending, by the numbers

    After the School Administrative District 51 Finance Committee recommended a 3 percent increase in the school budget for the 2011-2012 year, some historical facts about the SAD 51 budget may be helpful to establish a context for this recommendation, the budget discussion, and the budget vote. ...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, March 28, 2011 at 10:00 am

  • Letter: Beem's Utopia makes for bad dreams

    Last night I had the strangest dream, about the world of Edgar Allen Beem. It began in a trendy little bistro in the Yarmouth area, where I overheard a conversation among what looked to be successful business people, or to some, I suppose, capitalist pigs. They said that Beem and hi... 16

    • Opinion •
    Monday, March 28, 2011 at 9:20 am

  • Forecaster Forum: Why Gov. LePage can't erase history

    Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered state workers to remove from the state Labor Department a 36-foot mural depicting the state’s labor history. Among other things the mural illustrates the 1937 shoe mill strike in Auburn and Lewiston. It also features the iconic “Rosie the Riveter,&rd... 4

    Robert Reich • Opinion •
    Friday, March 25, 2011

  • Global Matters: Just the fax, Gov. LePage, just the fax

    By now the world knows that Maine Gov. Paul LePage ordered the removal of a mural from the walls of the Maine Department of Labor in Augusta. The mural depicted Mainers across the generations in the struggle for workers’ rights. Apparently, the mural proved offensive to a visitor to ... 6

    Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
    Friday, March 25, 2011

  • Letter: Keep the Kid-Safe Products Act

    I’m proud to live in Maine. Our Legislature and governor have a long history of collaborating toward thoughtful solutions. I don’t understand, therefore, why the governor, a legislator, and the state Chamber of Commerce want to weaken a law that exemplifies what we can achieve when w...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm

  • The Universal Notebook: Highway robbery on the Maine Turnpike

    So far the one good thing about the Republican conquest of Augusta has been that Maine Turnpike Authority Director Paul Violette has been chased from office after 23 years for failure to adequately explain what he did with $157,000 worth of slush fund gift certificates he purchased in 2005 and 20...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:10 am

  • No Sugar Added: We're up to our armpits in fruity funny-business

    Spring is upon us, and I am here with some disturbing news: apparently, our nation’s capitol is not the only locale that will soon be awash in the delicious scent of cherry blossoms. Our armpits will be bursting forth in bloom, as well. It’s true. Last weekend, as I str...

    Sandi Amorello • Opinion •
    Monday, March 21, 2011 at 10:50 am
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