I am writing in support of Jess Faye and Ned Claxton to represent Poland in the Maine House and Senate. I had the privilege of working professionally with Claxton at a nursing home. I saw the respect he showed for the nursing staff and the aides who cared for patients. He took time to talk […]
Stan Tetenman
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How democracies die
A new book, “How Democracies Die,” is an interesting analysis of what is happening in this country. The authors say norms are important to a society. Two of the most important are mutual toleration and institutional forbearance. The authors write there are “Four measures on our litmus test for autocrats 1. Weak commitment to the […]
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Standing up to President Trump
During my lifetime, the president has been the leader of the United States and also considered to be the leader of the free world. When America signed a treaty or gave its word, leaders of other countries knew America would honor them. This nation has lost that leadership role since January 2017. President Donald Trump […]
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Stand against hate groups
The night before the Charlottesville demonstration, neo-Nazis paraded chanting “we will not be replaced by Jews.” One of its leaders told a reporter he was disgusted that Donald Trump’s beautiful daughter was married to a Jewish man. Trump said that we all salute the same flag but neglected to say the neo-Nazis salute a flag […]
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Diverse cultures made America great
My parents immigrated to the United States from Russia. My father arrived in 1923, my mother in 1921. He was 22 and she was 17. Neither spoke English. Dad was a shoemaker. Dad left Russia with two friends to avoid being drafted into the czar’s army. My mother left with her mother and sister to […]
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Trump's many accomplishments
In his first two weeks, President Donald Trump has had many accomplishments. 1) He has become a great recruiter for ISIS with his immigration policy. There have been zero terrorist attacks from the seven banned countries. He turned away people who risked their lives to help the U.S. 2) He fired an acting attorney general […]
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Fay has the experience
I am supporting Jess Fay for state representative for District 66, which includes Casco, Raymond and Poland. Fay’s working career has been with small to medium companies. She started her own floral shop 15 years ago. She has the personal experience to understand the needs of businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs in Maine. She […]
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Senior Center opens in Poland
POLAND — The oldest townspeople can recall when the Poland Town Hall opened in 1928 and now, following Wednesday afternoon’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, its lower level has become a clubhouse for members of Poland Seniors. More than 50 people, plus several town employees and volunteers who assisted with the rehabilitation turned out to view the fruit […]
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Poland selectmen stick with county lawsuit
POLAND — Selectmen voted 5-0 Tuesday night to continue to stand with the 12 Androscoggin County towns in their lawsuit charging county commissioners violated either the county charter or state law when they voted to set their salaries and benefits. The action was taken in response to a settlement agreement sent to officials in the […]
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Androscoggin charter amendment doesn’t deserve public’s support
Under the 2012 Androscoggin County Charter, voted on and approved by the citizens of the county, the county Budget Committee must approve the commissioners’ salary and benefits. The process outlined in the charter prevents the obvious conflict of interest in having commissioners set their own salary and benefits. In the last cycle, the Budget Committee […]