The debate over so-called “tar sands” oil came to national attention with the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and reached its peak when President Obama rejected a portion of the planned Canada-to-Texas project due to concerns over its impact on an ecologically sensitive section of Nebraska. TransCanada, the company building the more-than-2,000-mile pipeline, has reapplied with a […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – No more stewing about secrets
Through the years, I’ve written columns on mud season, Memorial Day and even Labor Day. I’ve described “summer complaints,” summer traffic and March meetings. But I’ve never written about secret societies. I’ve always wanted to write about Maine’s secret societies, but I couldn’t – they were kept secret. But now, with the NSA recording everything […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – No more stewing about secrets
Through the years, I’ve written columns on mud season, Memorial Day and even Labor Day. I’ve described “summer complaints,” summer traffic and March meetings. But I’ve never written about secret societies. I’ve always wanted to write about Maine’s secret societies, but I couldn’t – they were kept secret. But now, with the NSA recording everything […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – No more stewing about secrets
Through the years, I’ve written columns on mud season, Memorial Day and even Labor Day. I’ve described “summer complaints,” summer traffic and March meetings. But I’ve never written about secret societies. I’ve always wanted to write about Maine’s secret societies, but I couldn’t – they were kept secret. But now, with the NSA recording everything […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Program change a financial jolt
We hope you didn’t throw away the one-page piece of mail sent to us by the state of Maine and explaining (or announcing) that the “circuit breaker” program was repealed in the Legislature. We called our town office, and were told by the town clerk and a couple of others that there have been many […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Put puppy mills out of business
We met in a parking lot off the interstate. I was nervous. We’d exchanged photos and back stories and now he was moving from Boston to Maine for me. He’d spent hard time in Arkansas, he was blind in one eye and his teeth were falling out. He was scared and scarred – in my […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Put puppy mills out of business
We met in a parking lot off the interstate. I was nervous. We’d exchanged photos and back stories and now he was moving from Boston to Maine for me. He’d spent hard time in Arkansas, he was blind in one eye and his teeth were falling out. He was scared and scarred – in my […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Too hot to think
Last week’s sizzling weather appears to have fried the few functioning neurons in many Maine politicians’ brains. Either that, or some of them were born stupid. Here are a few examples. The press release from the future. In early July, a computer-savvy source sent me a link to a website for 2nd District congressional candidate […]
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LETTERS: No complaints about access
As you may know, the governor and certain military recruitment offices have been chastising at least seven southern Maine high schools for denying military recruiters from meeting students. I can assure you that this is not the case at Gorham High School. We have had the same policy in place for well over 10 years […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Trayvon Martin verdict comes to Maine
The Trayvon Martin verdict is nothing new to the people in the criminal justice system in Maine. That stuff happens every day – or more specifically every Saturday night – in any number of venues in Maine. Ever go down to Old Orchard Beach on a Saturday night? Stroll on the boardwalk to enjoy the […]