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The Universal Notebook

The Universal Notebook: The eternal vigilance of beach-going

Back in the 1960s, Higgins Beach in Scarborough attracted teenagers from all over greater Portland. Scarboro Beach, then known as Jordan's Beach because old Mrs. Jordan sat on the access road in her beach wagon collecting parking fees, was the family beach, but Higgins was the hot ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:00 am
The Universal Notebook: Confessions of a helicopter parent

You should have seen my daughter Tess when I mentioned to her not long ago that when Robert Peary, destined to become the great Arctic explorer, graduated from Portland High School and went to Bowdoin College, his mother rented an apartment for them to share in Brunswick. Tess looke...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10:30 am

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The Universal Notebook: Falling $%# over a teakettle

Something told me that I was going to come to regret spending an entire day of what's left of my life looking for a yellow teakettle, but I just couldn't help myself. It doesn't happen very often anymore, but when I was a kid I used to get these fixations on things I just had to have and I coul... 2

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Universal Notebook: The Class of '67 at 60: Games, dancing optional

Back in 1967, I was way too cool to bother with anything as Mickey Mouse as a high school yearbook or class ring. I'm sure I must have gone to the senior prom, but I honestly don't remember it. So why is it that 42 years later I'm spending a lot of my free time trying to track down my old Westb...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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