The town’s recent charter amendment deprives citizens of the right to elect candidates who share their views.
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Editor’s Notebook: Looking for the next open door
“When one door closes,” Alexander Graham Bell said, “another door opens.” It’s an optimistic outlook I came to appreciate 15 years ago, when I joined The Forecaster. It’s the philosophy guiding me now as I close the door on my tenure at the newspaper. I left the Journal Tribune in Biddeford in 2004, after 19 […]
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Over Easy: In defense of smoking
Society tolerates some substances and doesn’t tolerate others, for reasons that seem ambiguous.
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Of Mississippi, marijuana and musk oxen
The road to good government runs through Greenland.
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Life Unwound: Kids as gurus
From the mouths of babes come invaluable lessons about joy and living life to the fullest.
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Here’s Something: Labor at root of life, liberty, happiness
Giving people money, rather than making them earn it, is false compassion.
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Mainewhile: Home is where the family is
It’s all about, as The Boss would say, the ties that bind.
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Big bucks for small brains
Spending on political advertising in Maine is expected to reach new heights, along with the number of stupid voters.
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Here’s Something: Asylum-seekers, feds owe Mainers a big thanks
There’s plenty of blame to go around for what immigrants face when they try to enter the U.S.
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Proud to be part of caring, committed community
Portland shows its support for education by welcoming new students, enacting a new strategic plan.