Smokey
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Personal Information
- First Name
- Roger
- Last Name
- Castonguay
- The city or town you live in
- Mechanic Falls
- Gender
- Male
- Profile
Curious reader of all things, scrabble player, crossword puzzle enthusiast, Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics fan., semi-retired: able and willing to do just about anything to keep myself busy. Love history and geography, speak and read Japanese semi-fluently (above intermediate level), love Blues, Jazz, reggae, and soft rock. Love traveling, biking, hiking, jogging, and swimming. Retired U.S. Navy, earned Bachelor in Science degree (Management & Org. Studies, Magna cum Laude), Univ. of Southern Maine, 1995.
History
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- 2 years 32 weeks
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Smokey's Comments
Another restaurant?
Well...yes it is "new" to us in the sense that we've never had a restaurant in the L/A area that is a mix of Arab, Greek and Western cuisine...and replete with belly dancers no less! However, I'm not a big fan of more restaurants in the area, regardless of the cuisine. We have far too many restaurants in the L/A area. We need to move to a production-oriented society again, as in the days of Industrialization. That's more important to a community in this dire economic state that's struggling with finding and keeping jobs than a restaurant that might perhaps hire 6-12 people for their staff. L/A needs to create jobs that hire huge clusters of people, perhaps 300 to 600, or more, and bring in the companies that actually manufacture things. It sounds insensitive to not welcome this "new" restaurant into the community, but I'd really rather see a job come in that uses more of a sizable work force, actually makes something, and ships it out of state or out of country for profit. That's my take on it and I'm sticking to it.
Purse snatcher
What a despicable thing to do, especially during Christmas! The camera image is not the best but in my opinion is still clear enough to identify this perpetrator. Somebody in the community (an area encompassing roughly only 70,000 people) must surely know this person. They're just not coming forward to identify him.
Poland Five Corners
I would like to see a roundabout installed at Five Corners. Roundabouts have been proven to slow down traffic, move traffic more smoothly, and save lives. There should also be speed signs, slowing traffic down perhaps a mile before the casino site on both northbound and southbound lanes. As it stands now Five Corners is an accident waiting to happen.
Green Christmas
I spent three years of celebrating Christmas in Guam, and those of you are geographically literate know that it never snows in Guam. I enjoyed Christmas nonetheless. It won't be a big deal for me if it doesn't snow for Christmas in Maine. I still feel the spirit and celebrate its true meaning: the birth of Christ!
Congratulations on Head Start pick!
Congratulations Betsy! While a member of United Way of Androscoggin County's panel on Building Self-sufficiency and Independence, I had the pleasure of visiting Advocates For Children numerous times. I witnessed the great work that Betsy was doing in the community to ensure quality education for our children and support to families in Androscoggin County. I'm sure with her background and years of experience in the various aspects of children's advocacy that she is the perfect fit for her new position of Director of Head Start. Good for you Betsy! Keep up the great work.