Your mailbox probably has been filed in recent weeks with not only political ads, but also information from dozens of insurance companies trying to persuade you to sign up with their plans for prescription drugs. Should you change? If you are like many people, you are thinking that the way your prescription drugs get paid […]

The most familiar fuel assistance program is called LIHEAP, the acronym for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. It is administered locally by Portland-based Opportunity Alliance, and to find out if you are eligible, you can call them at 553-5900 or 800-698-4959. And be patient, their lines are often busy and you may experience a wait […]

The most familiar fuel assistance program is called LIHEAP, the acronym for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. It is administered locally by Portland-based Opportunity Alliance, and to find out if you are eligible, you can call them at 553-5900 or 800-698-4959. And be patient, their lines are often busy and you may experience a wait […]

The date did manage to slip by without much fanfare, but if you’re a history buff like me (even though I’m not sure exactly what a “history buff” is) I’m sure you know why Nov. 4, 1884, is such an important date in Maine.?It was on that date that the election of 1884 was held, […]

Police evacuated the neighborhood and rerouted school buses in the Bolling Drive area after getting a call about 2 p.m.

Police evacuated the neighborhood and rerouted school buses in the Bolling Drive area after getting a call about 2 p.m.

Lucius Flatley led a recent coffee-shop discussion on the growing disparity between the rich and the poor in the United States. The group wondered why the 1960s revolution in sex, long hair and rock ’n’ roll that led the way for voting rights, ecology, a black president, and gay rights never gained traction in economic […]

The last two Democrats to run for statewide office in Maine got 32 percent of the vote – combined. In other words, if you somehow – possibly employing scientific procedures that are illegal in 79 countries and residential areas of Lewiston – merged Libby Mitchell (2010 gubernatorial nominee, 19 percent) and Cynthia Dill (2012 candidate […]

The last two Democrats to run for statewide office in Maine got 32 percent of the vote – combined. In other words, if you somehow – possibly employing scientific procedures that are illegal in 79 countries and residential areas of Lewiston – merged Libby Mitchell (2010 gubernatorial nominee, 19 percent) and Cynthia Dill (2012 candidate […]