Quick as a wink, summer is over and fall arrives. Time was, we’d be looking for a place to get apples, and spend a lot of time baking pies and getting ready for the fairs and visiting friends while the weather was cooperative. Nowadays, we also need to decide whether to change our insurance coverage […]
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EDITORIAL – Public-access ?ombudsman welcome, ?but bears watching
The Maine Attorney General’s Office last week announced the hiring of Brenda Kielty as the state’s first public access ombudsman. The responsibilities for the position include “responding to informal inquiries about Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, working to resolve complaints, preparing educational materials about the law in collaboration with the Right to Know Advisory Committee, […]
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EDITORIAL – Public-access ?ombudsman welcome, ?but bears watching
The Maine Attorney General’s Office last week announced the hiring of Brenda Kielty as the state’s first public access ombudsman. The responsibilities for the position include “responding to informal inquiries about Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, working to resolve complaints, preparing educational materials about the law in collaboration with the Right to Know Advisory Committee, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Campaign not skipping a bleat
Noteworthy occurrences on the Flatley farm this past week included a short tour by farm Supreme Court Justices Sparky Scaria, the Staffordshire Terrier, and Terrapin Thomas, the Black Turtle, to defend the recent court decision giving horses and cows free run in the farm house – freedom previously enjoyed only by house-trained dogs and cats. […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Call for help
Mainers, your community and your country need your help. The American Red Cross is currently providing aid and comfort to people along the Gulf Coast as the affects of Hurricane Isaac linger. We were in these communities before Isaac hit, and we’ll be helping people for weeks to come by providing food, shelter, relief supplies, […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Much ado about foliage
Every year it’s the same. Soon after the kids go back to school and the summer complaints go back to where ever they came from, folks in the media start writing and talking about leaf season – like we’re doing now. It’s called by different names – foliage season, leaf-peeper season – but it refers […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Likes what he offers as candidate
The Nov. 6 election may seem like it’s a date way off in the future. However, I recently met Andrew McLean and liked what he offers as a candidate to represent Gorham voters in the Maine House of Representatives. Despite the summer heat, he made me think about the values I want in my representative. […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Likes what he offers as candidate
The Nov. 6 election may seem like it’s a date way off in the future. However, I recently met Andrew McLean and liked what he offers as a candidate to represent Gorham voters in the Maine House of Representatives. Despite the summer heat, he made me think about the values I want in my representative. […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Likes what he offers as candidate
The Nov. 6 election may seem like it’s a date way off in the future. However, I recently met Andrew McLean and liked what he offers as a candidate to represent Gorham voters in the Maine House of Representatives. Despite the summer heat, he made me think about the values I want in my representative. […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Poem resonates
[I recall] interviews with longtime publisher and editor of the American Journal, Mr. Harry Foote. One of those interviews pertained to Boy Scouts, and some of the experiences. It was at one of the interviews that I pointed to how scouting played a pivotal part in the battle for Iwo Jima in the Pacific in […]