As a longtime business owner in Freeport, Creative Cottages LLC, I want to express my support for Melanie Sachs in her bid for state representative. Melanie brings to the table a broad, people-centered perspective to business and, ultimately, the economy. Her many years of balancing the town budget with the needs of the community and […]
Election 2020
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Gideon is the better choice for Maine
Maine’s voters will have a choice this November between Sara Gideon and Susan Collins to represent our great state in the U.S. Senate. I will be voting for Sara Gideon and I hope you will, too. While Susan Collins has claimed to be a moderate, she has sided with the GOP’s far right agenda on […]
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Letter: Trump dropped the ball in war against COVID-19
Donald Trump considers himself a wartime president. Let us all be thankful that the war against COVID-19 is not a shooting war. If it were, we would be in worse shape than we are now. The commanders in the field would not have enough ammunition, just as our governors do not have enough testing supplies. […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sara Gideon: Washington’s COVID response has put partisan politics ahead of state, local needs
Senate Republicans focus on filling empty judgeships as Maine towns, cities and counties go without federal CARES Act funds.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Bernie Sanders decries ‘police murder,’ demands justice in virtual convention for Maine Democrats
The Vermont senator tells Maine Democrats that creating a system that values the dignity of all people ‘starts with justice for George Floyd.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Bernie Sanders becomes a team player
The Vermont senator is working with Democratic establishment to elect Joe Biden, even though he is still not a member of the party.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Election 2020: North Yarmouth Select Board race draws 3 candidates for 2 seats
Brian Sites, Austin Harrell and Al Ahlers are running for seats being vacated by Jennifer Speirs and Steve Morrison.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Betsy Sweet: Looking at a post-COVID-19 world
The virus has exposed the need for universal health care, investment in infrastructure and broadband access for everyone.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Support Sara Gideon for US Senate
I now live at Ocean View Retirement Community in Falmouth, but lived in South Freeport for many years before and that is when I first met Sara Gideon. At that time she was running for Freeport Town Council. She was also very young, and very sincere, when she knocked on our door asking for our […]
Posted inNation & World
Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic
The president’s tweets targeting Michigan and Nevada mark an escalation in his campaign against voting by mail.