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Dear Editor: An invasion by any other name. There is a new, New Colossus. This time, Lady Liberty casts her gaze across the harbor with an incredulous frown. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazaris, 1883 “Give me your lawless, your organized criminality, your...
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Dear Editor: “One spaghetti with meatballs, one gyro, one steak and cheese with onions, and an order of curly fries.” “That’s one spaghetti with meatballs, one gyro, one steak and cheese with onions, and an order of curly fries?” “Yes.” “About 30 minutes.” On Saturday, April 13, at approximately 6 p.m., tired and hungry, my family called House of Pizza to order our usual. Thirty minutes later, we were handed our food and told that an anonymous person had already paid for our dinners. Whoever...
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Dear Editor: At the Jan. 22 Boothbay Region CSD Trustee’s meeting, there was a discussion regarding updated estimates for the April 24 $29,975,000 elementary school bond referendum. Trustee Darrell Gudroe, who owns a technology company, questioned the estimated costs of the new video system. The CSD had a quote of $114,000 and Lavallee Bresinger Architects estimate was a whopping $185,000. Mr Gudroe, a technology professional, felt the $114,000 was too high, let alone the $185,000. The locker...
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