Gorham Public safety fix past due It’s past time the voters of Gorham support a needed upgrade to the police and fire departments on Main Street. On Nov. 4, voters will be faced with a $4.99 million bond to build separate police and fire stations in place of the public safety building at 270 Main […]
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Support for Boyle
I support the re-election of Jim Boyle to Senate District 30 for a number of reasons, but as a retired teacher I am most appreciative of Jim’s strong positions on public education. Boyle fought against the efforts by Gov. LePage to shift more of the tax burden to local towns and cities by reducing state […]
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Support for Boyle
I support the re-election of Jim Boyle to Senate District 30 for a number of reasons, but as a retired teacher I am most appreciative of Jim’s strong positions on public education. Boyle fought against the efforts by Gov. LePage to shift more of the tax burden to local towns and cities by reducing state […]
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LETTERS: Editorial disappoints
I started reading American Journal when Harry Foote bought it and became its publisher. I’d be less than honest if I didn’t say I was disappointed with “Baiting bear cruel” letter accepted from Edison, N.J., plus the editorial, On Question 1 we say yes, ban bearbaiting. By now it’s common knowledge Maine and New Jersey […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Pigpile on UMaine
Why doesn’t Scarborough have a branch campus of the University of Maine? Kidding! It sometimes seems if most every other Maine town or city has one. Rule of life: Things generally get bigger, not smaller. People, when given the chance to ask for stuff, tend to ask for more stuff, not less. So it goes […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Some food for thought
My wife called my cell the other day and asked if I could pick up a few things on my way home. The first item was eggs. But not just any eggs. I was reminded to make sure I got “free-range” eggs. The term has something to do with how the chickens, the egg producers […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Something borrowed, something blue
Want to save the taxpayers of Maine over $60 million? It’s so simple even somebody with no political skills at all can do it. Although, come to think of it, Paul LePage, Eliot Cutler and Mike Michaud all have no political skills, and they can’t manage it. On election day in November, you’ll be asked […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Something borrowed, something blue
Want to save the taxpayers of Maine over $60 million? It’s so simple even somebody with no political skills at all can do it. Although, come to think of it, Paul LePage, Eliot Cutler and Mike Michaud all have no political skills, and they can’t manage it. On election day in November, you’ll be asked […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Bowling for Ebola
“That’s not a lie, it’s a terminological inexactitude.” Alexander Haig One of the lessons that I have learned during the six decades of my life is that when someone in government says “trust me” I immediately begin to wonder why I should. I wasn’t always that way and as a matter of fact in my […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ON THE RIGHT LANE: Bowling for Ebola
“That’s not a lie, it’s a terminological inexactitude.” Alexander Haig One of the lessons that I have learned during the six decades of my life is that when someone in government says “trust me” I immediately begin to wonder why I should. I wasn’t always that way and as a matter of fact in my […]