It is a rare political moment when there is no incumbent in Portland’s two state Senate districts, which has set off a spirited campaign among Democrats in the June 14 primary election. The winners will be heavily favored to beat their Republican opponents in November. Three candidates are facing off in each of the two […]
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Graduates: choose your own 13th grade
This week and next, approximately 12,492 students here in Maine will graduate from high school. Of that number, an estimated 7,665 will enroll in college, 860 will join the military, and the balance, 3,967, will presumably enter the work force. For those choosing college, I wish you all well with a few tidbits of advice: […]
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Summer season opens with Beatles tribute
The leaves are almost fully out in southern Maine, and that means the summer season is upon us – even though more than three weeks of spring remain on the astronomical calendar. Ogunquit Playhouse greets the summer season with its first production of 2016. “Let It Be” is a tribute to the music of the […]
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Return Leah Guay to School Committee
The first time I wrote a letter in support of Leah Guay’s election to the Yarmouth School Committee, it was based on Leah’s character, parenting skills, and school involvement. Now that Leah is seeking re-election, I’m writing a letter because she has served the children and their families passionately during her committee tenure. In the […]
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The Universal Notebook: Where to draw the line on abortion
When it comes to abortion, people draw the line in different places – conception, viability, birth. The most conservative among us not only oppose terminating a pregnancy, they also oppose preventing it in the first place. That’s an unrealistic and untenable position. The expectation that a woman will only conceive when she intends to is […]
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Maine’s unemployment rate is down, but so is total employment
The LePage administration loves the fact that Maine’s unemployment rate is below 4 percent – it’s proof, they argue, that the Governor’s tax, spending, economic development strategies are working. Not true. The rosy unemployment figure masks the fact that Maine’s total employment has actually declined over the last several years – we’re approaching recession lows. […]
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Chebeague Island Police Beat: May 19
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from May 9-15.
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Student film festival returns to Falmouth High School
FALMOUTH — Lights, camera, anchors away. That’s been the message for a group of students at Falmouth High School, who hope on May 27 to put on the most successful film festival the school has ever seen. Maxwell Abramson, a senior who is also the executive producer and director of the Casco Bay Anchors Film […]
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Loder, White not on Chebeague Island ballot
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Board of Selectmen Chairman Christopher Loder and School Committee member Carol White have decided not to seek re-election on June 14. Neither Loder nor White could be reached for comment about their decisions, which leave all the elections uncontested. Two seats on the Board of Selectmen and two on the School Committee, […]
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Chebeague Island Police Beat: May 12
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from May 2-8.