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Thumbs up to the Biddeford City Council for voting to allow the La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival to move back to St. Louis Field. The festival has long been a summer staple in the community, and allowing festival organizers to bring it back to St. Louis Field – the original location of La Kermesse – will […]

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Problems in York County

In 2008, the county manager was paid $70,000 annually and was under contract for two years. Now, the current county manager is paid $120,000 and has hired a full-time human resources manager at $70,000 to “relieve him of some of the work load” with a total cost $190,000. The probate judge could handle the county […]

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Kindergarten avoidance

Each state is currently allowed to set their own mandatory school attendance age. Though, in recent years, there has been a national push for a uniform age requirement, at age seven. This proposal is detrimental to students. They need to take advantage of their free education in order to be prepared for success after high […]

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Facts ahead of fears

Finally, Washington is displaying a rare outbreak of sanity on the subject of terrorism and refugees. Since the Paris attacks, overwrought pandering and posturing have dominated the capital and the campaign trail. But now, both parties are focusing on what Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, calls the “soft underbelly” of America’s security system – […]

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Editorial Roundup

The Day (Conn.), Nov. 24: Pfizer Inc. had its beginnings in a redbrick factory in Brooklyn, New York, in 1849. It became a great American success story growing into a pharmaceutical industry giant with global reach. Now, motivated by greed, Pfizer, like too many corporations before it, is effectively renouncing its American heritage to dodge […]

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My love affair with reading

When Bette Davis famously said, “Old age is not for sissies,” the Hollywood icon knew what she was talking about. After recent eye surgery, reading and typing has become too difficult for me to continue writing this column by myself. The inability to read effortlessly has been hard, but I won’t allow what I hope […]