The Maine Turnpike Authority board of directors, following long deliberations and a series of public meetings, voted last week to increase the cash price of tolls at three toll plazas to help fill a budget gap and pay off long-term debt. Starting Nov. 1, motorists will pay $1 more at the York toll plaza and […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Roosting tactics could be a ruse
It was just another damp foggy morning here at Storyteller Central. I was sitting here at my neat but not overly ostentatious desk – OK, it’s really a disaster area and now that I think about it, my desk is a tad too ostentatious around the edges for some – sipping my Folger’s Breakfast Blend […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Roosting tactics could be a ruse
It was just another damp foggy morning here at Storyteller Central. I was sitting here at my neat but not overly ostentatious desk – OK, it’s really a disaster area and now that I think about it, my desk is a tad too ostentatious around the edges for some – sipping my Folger’s Breakfast Blend […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Seven decades of memories
In a couple of days, I’ll be 75 – not old enough to get the Boston Post Cane as a symbol of my longevity, but old enough to be asked about what my childhood was like. I’m becoming history, I guess. Some years ago, the grade school I attended from ages 5-9 closed in the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Seven decades of memories
In a couple of days, I’ll be 75 – not old enough to get the Boston Post Cane as a symbol of my longevity, but old enough to be asked about what my childhood was like. I’m becoming history, I guess. Some years ago, the grade school I attended from ages 5-9 closed in the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Drinking with the devil
As the dog days of August drag on, you may be unlucky enough to encounter a campaigning politician. If so, Maine law discourages the use of pepper spray or Tasers. Fortunately, though, there’s no statute that forbids mitigating the candidates’ mind-numbing mumblings by downing alcoholic beverages. This method works even if the pol decides to […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Some questions of faith
At the coffee shop this week, Professor Lucius Flatley offered presidential religion as a topic. In light of the intense scrutiny of Mr. Obama’s pastor, Flatley thought it worthwhile to take a look at Mr. Romney’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). A large church “native” to the United States, the LDS […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
QUINN'S CORNER – Some questions of faith
At the coffee shop this week, Professor Lucius Flatley offered presidential religion as a topic. In light of the intense scrutiny of Mr. Obama’s pastor, Flatley thought it worthwhile to take a look at Mr. Romney’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). A large church “native” to the United States, the LDS […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Food-safety advice fit for seniors
Last week during one of the rain and lightning storms, I had a bout of what most of us call “summer flu” – an all-encompassing term. Friends had lots of advice – chicken soup, room temperature ginger ale and “get some sleep,” all of which worked, I guess, or perhaps the bug had a life […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Food-safety advice fit for seniors
Last week during one of the rain and lightning storms, I had a bout of what most of us call “summer flu” – an all-encompassing term. Friends had lots of advice – chicken soup, room temperature ginger ale and “get some sleep,” all of which worked, I guess, or perhaps the bug had a life […]