A recent message from Windham Police Department stated that they have received a number of complaints concerning unsolicited bank checks received in the mail. The person receiving the check is instructed to cash the check and return a portion of the money via Western Union or other electronic means to an address out of state. […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Don’t be fooled
A recent message from Windham Police Department stated that they have received a number of complaints concerning unsolicited bank checks received in the mail. The person receiving the check is instructed to cash the check and return a portion of the money via Western Union or other electronic means to an address out of state. […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Itching to fill the fly story gap
Did I miss something? It’s possible they snuck one by me while I was otherwise engaged, but I doubt it. I think of myself as an informed individual and try and keep up with breaking news and trends and features, but maybe I’m slipping. Most years, by this time, I would have seen a least […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: We’ve seen this movie before
No, no, no, no, no. Please don’t do this. It’s not going to affect me – not much. My nephew is in the Coast Guard, but I have never understood that CGers are poised to go to the Middle East. But what is about to happen would be the second time our nation has made […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Inside game
The University of Maine System (motto: You Get Less Stoopid If You Gradooate … Uh … Grudulate … Uh … Get Outta Here) has image issues. A lot of people think it has a bloated bureaucracy, campuses rife with waste and duplication of programs, and lousy Division I basketball teams. Obviously, what’s needed is a […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Freeport’s principles
The past several months have produced little progress on negotiating an agreement to create a Freeport Community School District. The road forward has been blocked by the repeated demand that an independent Freeport High School be required to act as the “school of guaranteed acceptance” for all of the students in Pownal and Durham. Whether […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Clutter conflict a classic
A Fairfield property owner has been ordered to clean up his yard and get rid of what the town considers to be “junk” taking up his lawn. Owner Robert Dale is the latest victim in the ongoing battle between Maine’s town officials and creative “backyard entrepreneurs.” As you might expect, he’s not happy that he […]
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GUEST COLUMN: UV disinfection not so complicated
The Portland Water District recently completed a project that added new treatment at its Sebago Lake Water Treatment Facility. The facility treats water from Sebago Lake to make it safe for drinking, cooking, and bathing for more than 200,000 people in the Greater Portland area. Since the facility was built in 1993, water from Sebago […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Hang up the phone
Could you use $3,000 in food savings certificates and a free medical alert bracelet? That’s what I was offered last week just when I was making out my grocery list – and as it sounded too good to be true, I hung up the phone and went immediately to check out the latest senior-citizen scams. […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Which way do I turn
Bruce Poliquin has a big problem. I mean aside from his problems of being arrogant, slippery with the facts and sporting the same deep roots in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District as the average summer tourist from Massachusetts. What Poliquin, who won last week’s Republican primary for the U.S. House seat representing northern and western Maine, […]