Like many residents, I initially had reservations about the proposed affordable housing project on Drowne Road. Concerns about taxes, schools and traffic were swirling in my mind. However, I took the initiative to address these concerns head-on. Community meeting recordings and articles in the Town Crier provided reassuring answers. Visiting the site on Drowne Road […]
Forecaster letters
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Keep working on tax containment, but approve Drowne Road project
Please support affordable housing on March 5 and vote “yes” on Question 1 on the Cumberland town ballot. Some have voiced objections to the project, fearing higher taxes and more traffic, among other complaints. But almost no one has disputed the need for affordable housing. Shouldn’t housing be the priority? Yes, let’s keep trying to […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Letter: Student urges Legislature to support rent relief to address homelessness
Growing up in the Portland area has been a blessing. As a current senior at Falmouth High School born in Portland, I have observed that the city has changed, as I have. In escaping the dreamland of childhood, I noticed that not everyone lives with the things I and many others take for granted. One […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: We need housing our families, workers can afford
Walking and driving around Cumberland, I am disturbed by those orange “no” signs – they make us appear to be people that most of us are not. Sure, we feel fortunate to live in a town with great walking trails, open space and farmland, Casco Bay shorelines, top schools, a good post office, excellent stores […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Letter: Trump supporters need to separate fact from fiction
For the upcoming presidential election, I wish more Americans, especially Trump supporters, would become more curious and willing to educate themselves about who this man really is, namely, by separating fact from fiction. Hopefully, the majority of responsible voters will consequently decide to permanently eliminate him from the political arena. Our unfolding American tragedy must […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Support those squeezed out of housing market
Hardly a day passes without a story in the local papers about the shortage of workers to fill jobs and the lack of affordable housing. Unfortunately, the two go hand in hand, and given our state’s aging population coupled with low housing stock, it’s clear that the problem will only worsen over time. Residents of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Letter: Our kids are funding the Pentagon budget
We have all heard of paying it forward – you are at Dunkin Donuts and a nice guy behind you pays for your coffee. Sadly, we are now borrowing it forward. We need to thank all the children in Maine who are funding our military budget. It would not be so bad if they were […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Don’t let Cumberland turn into an enclave for the wealthy
We urge all Cumberland residents to vote “yes” on or before March 5 for the affordable housing project on Drowne Road. We have lived in Cumberland for over 47 years. As much as we love living here, we are troubled by the fact that housing prices have risen to the point that the town has […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Drowne’s descendant urges rejection of project
Elizabeth Ingraham Drowne was my great great grandmother. In 1892, Elizabeth gifted her 100-acre farm to the inhabitants of the town of Cumberland. The will stipulated that the property be used solely for educational purposes and that cause alone. Via the referendum, this Town Council proposes to take the Drowne Farm, now the Cumberland town […]
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Letter: Imagine a more affordable Cumberland and vote yes
I am writing in support of the Drowne Road affordable housing development and plan to vote “yes” on Tuesday, March 5. There is a lot of talk about the cost of this project as it relates to dollars and cents. There is a cost, however, to not increasing affordable housing options in Cumberland. There is […]