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• A response to Mike Thibodeau

  By Meredith Ares - May 16
  This is in reply to Mike Thibodeau's letter to the Selectmen and School Boards of Senate District 23 in which he defends Governor LePage’s ...
  

• Music of 'Lincoln'

  By Fritz Lyon - May 08
  As we say, history repeats itself. Or this time it appears to have done so in my case, anyway. As I wrote in a column published in this newspaper ...
  

• The new achievement gap

  By Naya Clifford - Apr 19
  Recently, my husband and I attended a National Honor Society induction at a local high school. As we sat there, we noticed that only two of the 14 ...
  

• RFD Maine — Unwelcome visitors

  By Tom Seymour - Apr 10
  Some people get saddled with animal pests. Perhaps the neighbor’s cat keeps coming around, getting into trash and killing songbirds under the ...
  

• How times have changed

  By Fritz Lyon - Apr 04
  It took me by surprise, to say the least, and it changed my thinking. Nearly half a century ago and just out of college, I worked for a while as ...
  

• Release of bonds would benefit Maine

  By Rep. Brian Jones - Mar 28
  As many of you know firsthand, Maine’s sluggish economy has yet to fully recover. The good news is that we do have ways to jump start our state’s ...
  

• Searsport LPG terminal would threaten human health and the environment

  By Susan D. Shaw, DrPH - Mar 22
  On March 27, the Searsport Planning Board was scheduled to consider a permit application from DCP Midstream Partners to build a liquid propane gas ...
  
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  RFD Maine — Trip to the flats in March marks spring’s arrival

  By Tom Seymour - Mar 14
  We all have our little seasonal rituals. One of mine involves going clamming in March. The urge strikes when temperatures reach the mid-40s. The ...
  

• Public hearing reveals possible conflict of interest

  By Nancy Galland - Mar 06
  The front page article last week on the final Searsport Planning Board public hearing for the DCP mega-tank was replete with quotes and detailed ...
  

• Introducing myself

  By Travis Otis - Mar 01
  I would like to take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Travis Otis and I am currently running for the open position on the Searsport Board ...
  

• RFD Maine — The first time this year

  By Tom Seymour - May 09
  Lots of “first time this year” events happen now in mid-spring. For instance, I recently hung my laundry outside on the line for the first time ...
  

• RFD Maine — A parting glass

  By Tom Seymour - Apr 24
  The loss of friends compounds itself with the passing of years. That cannot be helped. These people, friends in life, remain with us in our hearts ...
  

• Why divestment from fossil fuels is responsible and necessary

  By Stephen Mulkey - Apr 16
  A recent commentary by Brian Rosenberg, president of Macalester College, made the point that use of institutional endowment as a means of pushing ...
  

• Celebrating Belfast’s success

  By Rep. Erin Herbig - Apr 04
  I was delighted to welcome the Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on Maine’s Workforce and Economic Future to Belfast last week. The committee ...
  

• Tell the governor it's your money

  By Joe Slocum, Belfast ... - Mar 29
  Recently, a local business owner stopped me to say, “Don’t raise my taxes." When I reminded him that his city taxes represented 31 cents on his ...
  

• RFD Maine — opening day

  By Tom Seymour - Mar 27
  With only days to go until April 1, I’m antsy with anticipation. The first day of April marks the opening day of trout fishing on brooks and ...
  

• Trees please

  By Fritz Lyon - Mar 19
  Ridiculed for a century, the most infamous creation of American so-called poet Joyce (male) Kilmer (1886-1918) was entitled “Trees” and thoughtless...
  

• Gray matters — The town meeting tour

  By Tanya Mitchell - Mar 07
  Well, it's getting close to that time of the year when residents are asked to spend a Saturday deciding everything from who will serve on the ...
  

• Stewardship versus showmanship

  By Linda Hoeschle - Mar 05
  Did the United States of America end as we know it on Mar. 1? Since the sequestration debacle happened, that is precisely what the president ...
  

• RSU 3 preliminary budget information

  By Superintendent ... - Feb 28
  As you may or may not know, Regional School Units from across the state of Maine received preliminary state subsidy numbers on Friday this past ...