BOSTON — We sometimes roll our eyes at the mention of Canada, thinking of it as a bleak, cold and empty place, and the vast territory that sits above the cities of Montreal, Toronto, Saskatoon and Edmonton mostly is. But step inside a gallery of the much-ignored paintings of Lawren Harris, and your eyes won’t […]
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Senator endorses Chenette
It is time for a new generation of ideas. After serving the last 12 years in the Legislature, I have decided not to run for re-election to the Senate. I urge voters to elect Rep. Justin Chenette in the June 14th primary. When I first met Justin, nine years ago, he was a sophomore at […]
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Thank you for helping in time of tragedy
As the great-grandmother of Reece Taylor Degen, whom we lost in a tragic car accident on May 2, 2016, I need to express my sincere thanks to all of those who helped to get us through this horrific ordeal. If I have forgotten anyone, my sincere apologies. To the lady who stopped to try to […]
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Maine governor should get $150K
A former town manager informed me Old Orchard Beach is the second-smallest community in the state of Maine. The area is three square miles. Population 8,000 residents. Our town manager’s salary is $115,000. The state of Maine governor, Republican or Democrat salary is $70,000. I agree with Leon Tsomides: State of Maine governor should receive […]
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Chenette a supporter of new energy, approaches
I’m supporting Rep. Justin Chenette for state senator. Why? I just received a flyer in the mail from Justin’s opponent showing the time he has spent in office. The mailer shows he began as a legislator 44 years ago in 1972. That’s 20 years before I was even born. A lot has changed since that […]
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Trump’s Wile E. Coyote moment
Remember those Road Runner cartoons, where no matter what dirty tricks Wile E. Coyote used to catch the Road Runner, he would always end up frustrated while the Road Runner went “beep beep” and rocketed away? Recently, we’ve seen Donald Trump acting like the Coyote and going after Hillary Clinton with everything he could find […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), May 3: Puerto Rico’s economy has been in dire straits for what seems like an eternity. This week, it sank a little further into the financial abyss. After Moody’s Investors Service recently reported that the U.S. territory would default on $422 million in bonds, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla confirmed […]
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Remember fallen heroes on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a solemn holiday, a sacred day of remembrance to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Parades honor the fallen. We take a moment of silence. We place wreaths at veterans’ graves and at monuments. We watch as veterans march in our local Memorial Day parades, and we pay […]
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What has happened to our election?
“When a man’s fancy gets astride on his reason,when imagination is at cuffs with the senses, and common understanding as well as common sense is kicked out of doors, the first proselyte he makes is himself.” — Jonathan Swift, “A Tale of a Tub,” 1704 F or a man with a satirical turn of mind, […]