What’s good about getting older? You do eventually prefer using the word “old” and not feeling like replacing it with “elder” or “senior” or something else that may sound nicer, but means the same thing. One of the best things that has happened to me – and perhaps others – is very odd. For most […]
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EDITORIAL – Bond quesstions and remembering Rodney Quinn
Bond questions should be passed The bond referendum questions on the Nov. 6 ballot have not received much in the way of attention during the campaign, hardly a surprise, as they are listed alongside races for president and U.S. Senate. The four bond issues, questions 2-5 on the ballot, are overshadowed, as well, by Question […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 10/25
They’ll get ?work done Like many people, I’m a creature of habit. When I go to Hannaford’s I always buy the same brand of beer, the same bread and the same peanut butter. I read the newspaper every morning at 5:30 and mow the lawn in the same clockwise pattern every time. I also tend […]
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EDITORIAL – Charter changes deserve yes vote
Westbrook voters on Nov. 6 have an opportunity to revise the city charter in a way to make the ruling document more modern, more clear and more efficient. The revisions included in the ballot question are the result of more than two years of work. Voters approved the formation of the Westbrook Charter Commission at […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Social Security, Medicare on our mind
Social Security recently announced a 1.7 percent cost of living adjustment increase in benefits, effective in January. Most recipients of Social Security won’t say no to an increase of any size, but the 1.7 percent increase will not amount to much since the annual Medicare increase usually takes the total amount – and sometimes more. […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Hot under the collar
I don’t know about you, but I find it a little annoying to pick up the paper and read that the cost of keeping warm this winter could be higher, but then again, it could be lower. That’s what it said: Could be higher, could be lower. And they get paid for saying things like […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Hot under the collar
I don’t know about you, but I find it a little annoying to pick up the paper and read that the cost of keeping warm this winter could be higher, but then again, it could be lower. That’s what it said: Could be higher, could be lower. And they get paid for saying things like […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – You can’t count on me
Under former Gov. John Baldacci, a Democrat, state revenue projections were calculated by a panel known as the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission. To be appointed to this august body, potential members had to demonstrate they had the math skills of a chipmunk. Current Republican Gov. Paul LePage has apparently decided to maintain those same high […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Swimming the political-ad tsunami
Like letter writing with email and iPhone, voter manipulation has become high tech. Newspapers owned by crotchety, old, rich prostate sufferers are no longer able to decide winners. Neither unions nor parties can deliver hordes of instructed voters. Even the current GOP state-by-state attempt to revive Jim Crow by disenfranchising voters is faltering. It is […]
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Letters to the Editor – 10/18
Principles and purpose Maine needs leaders of principle and purpose to represent us in our Legislature. When I look at a candidate who will represent me, I always look at their background and take an assessment of what they have already accomplished in their private and professional lives to know how capable they will be […]