Cape Elizabeth Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Tues. 2/25 3 p.m. School Board Policy Committee TH Tues. 2/25 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop HS Tues. 2/25 7 p.m. Board of Zoning Appeals TH Tues. 2/25 7 p.m. Conservation Committee TH Wed. 2/26 7 p.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee TH Scarborough Tues. 2/25 […]
February 2020
Posted inKennebunk Post, South Portland Sentry
Something in the way they moved us
Talk about rattling some jewelry in the front row. Write a little something about the Beatles and their influence on local street names and the email inbox veritably twists and shouts. No fewer than six kind readers weighed in on our local Beatles-loving street signs. A couple writers suggested I visit one more. So, I […]
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
CMP brings back former CEO in effort to regain public’s trust
David Flanagan will serve as executive chairman of the electric utility’s board of directors, and CMP President and CEO Doug Herling will report directly to him.
Posted inCoastal Journal
Coastal History: Cod integral to Maine, triangle trade route
When people think of Maine seafood, they usually picture lobster and clams. But it was not the crawling sea spider, nor the bivalve, that first brought Europeans to our shores. It was codfish. Dried cod was first used, perhaps, by the Vikings, who would catch them and dry them right on board their longships. After […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Spread of virus shows we can’t wall ourselves off from world’s woes
The idea that America can somehow disengage from the rest of the planet has never seemed more ludicrous.
Posted inNation & World
Germany to require social media sites to report hate speech
Internet companies are already required to delete such posts.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Balentine favors regulation only if it suits him personally
After the regular criticisms against most if not all regulation in his weekly column “Here’s Something,” Balentine has just admitted that he favors at least one regulation: against drones. (“Drone surveillance law needed in Maine,” Feb. 5) Did Balentine misspeak? Did the underworld just freeze over? Or did he just admit that he supports regulation […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Trump re-election would mean end of Affordable Care Act
While Trump made lots of false or misleading statements during his State of the Union speech, perhaps the most egregious was his promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions from losing health insurance coverage. The Trump administration supports the efforts begun by 18 Republican governors in 2018 to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Help addicts in recovery by supporting L.D. 1492
I am writing in support of drug sentencing reform because I want to help my brothers and sisters in recovery from chemical dependency. I am a Maine resident with 10 years of clean and sober time. As a member of 12-step recovery groups I have seen many addicts die from this disease. I have also […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful to open Biddeford office
Ross LaJeunesse will address supporters at the 6 p.m. event.