It’s finished. The gubernatorial candidates can cancel all remaining campaign appearances. The debate organizers can forget about renting halls and setting up public-address systems. The state’s television stations can kiss that lucrative last-minute political advertising goodbye. And pundits such as myself can find something else to blather on about for the next five weeks (I’m […]
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EDITORIAL – Banned Books Week celebrates freedom to learn
Sept. 25 marked the beginning of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, an occasion to highlight books that have been banned or challenged through the years while promoting the right of individuals to make their own reading choices. According to the association, in 2009 there were 460 challenges of books on religious, racist, political […]
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EDITORIAL – Banned Books Week celebrates freedom to learn
Sept. 25 marked the beginning of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, an occasion to highlight books that have been banned or challenged through the years while promoting the right of individuals to make their own reading choices. According to the association, in 2009 there were 460 challenges of books on religious, racist, political […]
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Down the road a piece – Clearing up some tourists' questions
Depending on when you’re reading this, we could be having another one of those glorious early fall days here in Maine, the kind of day we try to recreate from memory in mid-winter, when the snow is halfway up to the window sill. But here I sit at Storyteller Central, pounding out my first column […]
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Quinn's Corner – Doggerel day afternoon
This week, Lucius Flatley and his coffee shop compadres turned their discussion to the gubernatorial race in Maine, and reached the conclusion that they regretted the large number of independents who are running. Such confusion means that the winner will likely achieve office with only a minority of the voters, hardly the ideal circumstance for […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Hard times? What hard times?
According to the media, the country is in the midst of a recession – and while recovery is occurring, the national nose is, and has been for some time, barely above the water of poverty. According to all accounts, “Hard Times” are upon us. Lucius Flatley, well-known economist, remembered earlier “Hard Times” when frugality was […]
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EDITORIAL – New weapons rule seems unnecessary
Dennis the Menace may want to stay out of South Portland. If an ordinance change debated Monday night is ultimately approved by the South Portland City Council, the perpetually mischief-making comic character, usually depicted with a slingshot in his back pocket, could find himself running afoul of the law. The council voted 6-1 Monday to […]
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EDITORIAL – Budget cuts test new school year
The first day of school typically brings a mix of hope, joy and anxiety as students return from summer break to new classes and, in many cases, new schools. This year, perhaps more than others, that applies to the administration and staff as much as the students. School districts across the state were forced to […]
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Down the road a piece – End-of-season advice to tourists
If you’re one of our many summer visitors who’ve been playing hard and spending even harder this summer in Maine, you should be aware of the sad fact that your summer is almost over. You should also know that by Labor Day – according to a long-standing Maine custom – all you New York Times- […]
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Down the road a piece – End-of-season advice to tourists
If you’re one of our many summer visitors who’ve been playing hard and spending even harder this summer in Maine, you should be aware of the sad fact that your summer is almost over. You should also know that by Labor Day – according to a long-standing Maine custom – all you New York Times- […]