I believe we all have a responsibility to contribute to our community in a positive way. Windham is dealing with the inevitable pressures that occur in growing and changing communities, and we should all unite in tackling these issues ensuring that Windham is the best place it can be for all. Windham is at an […]
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Letter: Breen will fight for all Gray residents, not just lakefront owners
In the last state budget Sen. Cathy Breen led an effort to increase municipal revenue sharing to $250 million, providing more property tax relief from Augusta than we’ve had for the past 10 years. Her opponent this year is Jennifer White, who chairs the Gray Secession Committee, homeowners on Little Sebago Lake who want to […]
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Here’s Something: Truths about Trump, part I
I have a little confession to make. I didn’t vote for President Trump in 2016. Yep, this conservative columnist who defends Trump didn’t even vote for the guy for whom he willingly and routinely goes out on a limb. (I didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, either. I wrote in Mike Pence’s name, because, simply put, […]
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Mainewhile: Happy, belated, Indigenous Peoples Day
Maine officially adopted Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrated this past Monday, in April of last year. Brunswick was even earlier, making the change from Columbus Day back in 2017 (along with several other Maine towns), though the United Nations beat us all to it back in 1977. This is a good thing. Italian culture has given […]
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Guest column: The vote of my life
I became a naturalized U.S citizen on Jan. 17, 2020, just as the United States was starting off its election year. I have lived in three countries in my life. One is Somalia, my native country. Two is Kenya, where I escaped to safety, and third is the United States after winning the Green Card […]
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Life Unwound: After death of RBG, look to the wisdom of children
On Friday night, as we watched Thursday night’s taped version of Jimmy Fallon, we slouched on the soft sofa, laughed and ignored unidentified calls. But at 8:30-ish, when our son’s name and number appeared on the top left of the screen, we paused Jimmy Fallon in the middle of his TikTok impression, clicked on speaker […]
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Here’s Something: Ageist ads not a good look for Gideon
Television viewers in 1984 were treated to one of the most memorable and brilliantly witty moments in presidential debate history. Responding to a question from Baltimore Sun correspondent Henry Trewhitt regarding whether he was too old and feeble to run the country at age 73, incumbent President Ronald Reagan answered: “I will not make age […]
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Mainewhile: Check out Banned Books Week
This week is special. From now until Oct. 3, we celebrate and pay homage to one of our most basic freedoms: the right to “seek and express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” That’s right, it’s Banned Books Week! The official celebration (check out bannedbooksweek.org, site of the above quote) began in 1982. […]
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Here’s Something: Mind your P’s this election season
Hard to believe it’s October already. It’s getting colder, the leaves are turning and falling and there’s only one more month until the ugly political commercials are off the air, the slanted coverage of President Trump’s every action is gone and the political left’s four-year temper tantrum is mercifully over. One can only hope. We’ll […]
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Mainewhile: Judicial system must remain strong and independent
My college adviser only really ever “advised” one thing: take a Meiklejohn course. Donald Meiklejohn, a living legend in the fields of governance and education, was only at my college part of the year, fall and spring trimesters. The rest of the year he taught at Syracuse University, so you had to grab a course […]