The new year isn’t going so well. Internationally, Iran is causing waves of worry and fear. Domestically, impeachment looms and stocks teeter as investors contemplate current events. And, here in southern Maine, Cole Farms Restaurant in Gray is closing. What? Why? I understand Trump’s targeting of a man who has caused so much bloodshed in […]
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The Universal Notebook: Maine horror stories
Lately, the local news has been filled with horror stories – a child beaten to death by her parents, a boyfriend shot dead by his girlfriend’s brother, a random murder by a young man gone berserk, a young woman disappearing without a trace. None of these tragedies are things I would have been apt to […]
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Letter: Trump supporters sick and tired of Democrats’ insults
Today I read the oped (“R.I.P, GOP,” Dec. 19) by Mr. Beem and was offended greatly by his insults. To lump all who disagree with him as nut cakes, racists and xenophobes is just not right. Progressives think of us as deplorables and idiots that must be controlled by those with a higher education than […]
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The Universal Notebook: These are the good old days
Back in the good old days – by which I mean the innocent years of the 1950s and early 1960s before I graduated from high school and America went to hell – things were substantially different than they are today, by which I mean simpler. Also dumber. Dumber? People smoked in restaurants and airplanes, even […]
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Here’s Something: Magic 8-Ball predictions for 2020
One of the best annual traditions we had at Current Publishing (which was bought by The Forecaster in 2015), was consulting the Magic 8-Ball around Jan. 1 to seek clues as to how current events would trend in the new year. Reporters and editors at Current Publishing’s family of weekly community newspapers would come up […]
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Letter: Stop the fuss, seat Kuech on Gorham council
I’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about regarding the seating of Janet Kuech on the Town Council in Gorham. Town officials knew she works for the school department and they didn’t take her name off the ballot. She won her seat on the Town Council. She should be seated, period. She can […]
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Letter: Beem confusing Trump with Biden
With respect to the Ukranian call transcript, I don’t know how anyone with an ounce of common sense can call the phrase “do us a favor” a demand. (Edgar Allen Beem’s “R.I.P., GOP,” Dec. 19) Also, nowhere in it is money, aid or funds even mentioned. Oh wait, I’m sorry. I see the problem. You […]
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Letter: Veterans should be treasured for serving community
As a veteran, it’s satisfying to see large turnouts at Memorial Day and Veterans Day events. That said, it is equally dissatisfying to read that a candidate for public office allegedly referred to military uniforms as “costumes.” Having served in the Vietnam era, I assumed comments like that were no longer in the hearts of […]
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Here’s Something: Gorham council wrong to ignore will of voters
Sometimes, you have to fight Town Hall before you can join Town Hall, and that’s just what Gorham’s Janet Kuech is doing. Kuech has worked as an educational technician (teacher’s helper, for those who don’t speak educationese) for 18 years in the Gorham school system. In November, she was elected to the Gorham Town Council. […]
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The Universal Notebook: 2020 visions
Though I possess neither crystal ball nor psychic powers, I believe anyone who is paying attention can foresee the immediate future. Gazing across the void of a few days into 2020, here’s what I see: Donald Trump will face impeachment, but he will not be removed from office. There aren’t enough Republican senators with integrity […]