The Maine Department of Education on Monday released high school graduation rates for 2010-11, touting a 1 percent increase from the previous year, for a statewide rate of 83.79 percent. The rate has risen steadily since the 2008-09 school year, when a new formula, which records the percentage of students in a given class that […]

There is a scenario under which former independent Gov. Angus King could fail to take office as Maine’s next U.S. senator. It involves the Mayans being correct about the world coming to an end shortly before the new Congress is scheduled to be sworn in. Assuming, however, that the Mayans were wrong – an assumption […]

There is a scenario under which former independent Gov. Angus King could fail to take office as Maine’s next U.S. senator. It involves the Mayans being correct about the world coming to an end shortly before the new Congress is scheduled to be sworn in. Assuming, however, that the Mayans were wrong – an assumption […]

The problem I have with politics is that it gives me too much to write about on a continuing basis while the average citizen on the street is more than kind enough to ask me to write about other things as well. One letter sent to me was about a supervisor of some sort at […]

The U.S. Senate campaign in Maine is about to swerve off the blacktop, crash through the puckerbrush and plunge into the swamp, dredging up a mass of slime and stinking muck. In other words, the fun starts now. In the primary election (which, as I write, hasn’t yet occurred), the Democrats have undoubtedly chosen a […]

The U.S. Senate campaign in Maine is about to swerve off the blacktop, crash through the puckerbrush and plunge into the swamp, dredging up a mass of slime and stinking muck. In other words, the fun starts now. In the primary election (which, as I write, hasn’t yet occurred), the Democrats have undoubtedly chosen a […]

The other day I was at the radio station attending to things when the new high-tech, global, two-story-high copier started acting up, making a high-pitched , extremely annoying noise that made my eardrums ring as if I’d been using a dentist’s drill on them as a Q-tip. I turned to one of the secretaries and […]

With the exception of longtime teachers and school administrators, there is no more expert observer to the yearly rite of high school graduation than the seasoned community journalist. It is not unheard of for a reporter to cover three or more of these ceremonies in the frenzied month of June, when seniors from schools across […]

With the exception of longtime teachers and school administrators, there is no more expert observer to the yearly rite of high school graduation than the seasoned community journalist. It is not unheard of for a reporter to cover three or more of these ceremonies in the frenzied month of June, when seniors from schools across […]