In the beginning she was known, simply, as Hull 301. Powered by a Westinghouse double-reduction, cross-compound steam turbine with two coal-fired water-tube boilers, she measured 729 feet in length. Launched in River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958, her most fateful journey occurred 17 years later when, loaded with 26,116 tons of taconite ore pellets, she headed […]
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Coastal flooding concerns addressed
Recently I attended a bipartisan conference, “Rising Tides Summit 2015” co-hosted by Mayor Bob Lister (D-Portsmouth, NH) and State Senator Nancy Stiles (R-Hampton, NH), which was held at the Ashworth by the Sea in Hampton Beach, N.H. I was joined by other elected officials from 18 of the 23 U.S. coastal states, as well as […]
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America’s muddled foreign policy
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has adopted President Ronald Reagan’s slogan: “Make America Great Again.” He exploits the sense that America’s world leadership has waned and caters to the sentiment of people wanting to feel good about their country. This appeal is based on American “exceptionalism” – the belief that the U.S. is a special […]
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In Our Opinion
Residents in Biddeford made a couple of things clear when they cast their ballots on Election Day this week. One is that they supported the re-election of Mayor Alan Casavant, and by a substantial margin – over 1,000 votes. But that vote also sent a message, one that was not on Tuesday’s ballot. In sending […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), Oct. 30: It was surely inevitable that one day, federal officials would take steps to regulate the operation of drones. Once a futuristic novelty, these remote-controlled flying devices are now believed to number in the hundreds of thousands in the United States, and the number is expected to surpass 1 million […]
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Put down your iPhone, pick up a classic #Dickens
Reading a Charles Dickens novel is like riding bumper cars. It’s fun at the time, but you’re a little sore afterward. Somebody living in the 19th century, as Dickens did, would scoff at that assertion. “Pray, explain yourself!” they’d declare in a haughty English accent. “For ’tis no great exertion navigating the fineries of a […]
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Thumbs up to city and town clerks county wide for their hard work and attention to detail this election season. Clerks – and their helpers – work long, long hours on the days leading up to the election and on the day itself. We know of at least one clerk who began election day at […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), Oct. 31: Many Americans, us among them, have had reservations about President Barack Obama’s July 14 nuclear deal with Iran, which every member of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation supported. Developing a positive relationship with an old enemy can greatly promote peace and security. That said, it is not wise to trust […]