Cumberland County

Last but certainly not least, we get a photo of another paratic flycatcher in the ABA area, this time on Cumberland Island in Georgia, where it represents a Georgia first and the fourth individual in the last month.

And from one Cumberland to another in a completely different part of the continent, a gray heron, the old world analog to our familiar great blue heron, was seen in Cumberland County, Maine, where it represents a Maine first and only about the third or fourth in the lower 48.

Gray heron shows up in North America from time to time.

Most records are unsurprisingly from Eastern Canada, and it's probably safe to assume that such a bird came over the North Atlantic, But there are a great many records of this bird from the lesser Antilles, including one recently, individuals that presumably came over from Western Africa across to Northern South America and then moved north.

right? Yeah, so first of all, yeah, just thank you so much for being here.

I always, I don't say I always, I probably should, but most of the time I like to just thank anybody who's willing to run for political office, especially as a Republican in Cumberland County, where Republicans are not, you know, they're not beloved in Cumberland County at the moment.

And so, yeah, I just want to thank you, first of all, for running for office.

But then I want to know, like, who are you? Where do you come from? And why in the world would what has possessed you, I guess, to say, yeah, I'll put my name down as a Republican to run for office in Cumberland County.

Excellent questions.

And I've lived in Gorham almost all my life.

[gentle music] A group of Gorham residents is appealing the town planning board's decision to green-light a proposed Amazon distribution warehouse.

The residents filed an appeal in Cumberland County Superior Court arguing the development does not adhere to town ordinances.

Josh Trombly with Gorham United says residents are especially worried about traffic and wetland impacts and believe the site plan approved by the planning board last month doesn't address those concerns.

Our reason for getting into this fight is that we care about our community.

This is our person, you know? It's not that, it's words and it's an idea and you gotta get ahead of messaging and not let them, it's like a whole different animal.

So anyway, I had settled in on that, immediately on that campaign, going through the holidays, essentially being a field director for York and Cumberland County.

And so that particular campaign and that iteration of that ballot question was lots of lawn signs and lots of lit dropping.

And we're not knocking on the door talking to people.

You're 100 percent right.

When I do trainings, right, obviously they're conservatives and Republicans and, you know, they're what I call on our side.

You know, I always try to say, listen, are there some irregularities in the state of Maine? There may be, you know what I mean? There's more registered voters than people in Cumberland County, for example, but I think technically they have to purge their rolls.

Well, yeah,

So joining us now here on The Grace Curley Show is Stephanie Anderson.

She was the 28-year district attorney for Cumberland County here in Maine.

Uh, Stephanie, thanks for joining us on The Grace Curley Show.

Thanks, Aaron.

Uh, I didn't know that there was a candidate against, uh, Letitia James, and so I'm, I'm very proud of her and hope that she does well.

But when you hear that, when you hear that criticism that, you know, where is the attorney general, that sounds a lot to me like what we've been experiencing here in Maine.

I live in Portland, where you look at the homeless problem, you look at the vandalism problem, you look at the, the crimes that aren't enforced, the drug use, and I kind of feel like it's the same thing here in Cumberland County.

I think we're seeing the same thing in a lot of these places with these political attorneys general or these political district attorneys.

After a month of attempting to get her daughter back on her own, and kind of speak to Justin and persuade him, she decided it was time to make legal moves.

December 15th, 2011, Trista went to Cumberland County District Court in Portland, Maine, to file for full custody of Ayla.

It had been discovered that DHS didn't even do all of their procedural duties before placing Ayla into Justin's custody.

They're supposed to do a home check to ensure that the home is safe and all right for the child to stay, and they never did that.

They were founding members of Harrison Main, which Spring is.

So Summit Spring Water, Tourmaline Spring Water, in Harrison, Maine, Cumberland County, right here in the great state of Maine.

Let's talk a little bit about the geology of purity.

Ancient aquifers, which are drying up so rapidly, Little sidebar, if your roads are cracking and the foundations of your bridges and infrastructure, it's the spider webbing out of the topography.

So if you happen to do so, suggestion, if you're not already familiar with where other springs are or what have you, there's a worldwide map identifying where Springs of this nature, you can find that on the World Wide Web.

Suggested, locate and map a high elevation geographic anchor in your region, wherever you hang your hat.

Here in Maine, the highest ground in Cumberland County does indeed house Summit Spring, protecting the source from lowland agricultural and industrial runoff.

Then you may... want to consider whatever your water source is and where you can get it.

I mean, you think about the CPI in the different municipalities that we talk about a lot.

Portland, the sub-district for Portland, but then Cumberland County generally.

And even at those income levels, you're still talking about people who... obviously make too much to qualify for an 80% AMI or even up to 120% AMI, any of the affordable programs, but don't make nearly enough to afford a three-bed, two-bath, 1,800-square-foot home if those even are on the market.

$5,000 a month mortgage.