MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 11, 2024
I’ve spent about a third of my life with my grandparents in Old Orchard Beach. Their house is separated from the ocean by a narrow wooden boardwalk and a few yards of dune grass. This winter, during the big storm, water rushed past the boardwalk, decimated the dunes and flowed into the street. Their house would’ve been flooded if it wasn’t on stilts. I used to tell my grandparents to move away from the ocean. They would joke that they were going down with the house. This joke is less funny lately. I hope that Mainers will join together to keep advocating for policies in Augusta that benefit us all. For the sake of our property, utility costs, green jobs and our families, it’s time to invest in clean energy. ~ James Foleno, Old Orchard Beach