We are quickly approaching the end of the legislative session, and the Legislature has made significant progress in our work on a number of issues. One of the most significant challenges we are working to address is housing. In February’s column, I wrote about how Maine’s housing crisis is impacting folks from all walks of […]

For decades now I’ve written columns for local papers. Like Wendell Berry (and here’s where the comparison ends) the scribbling was typically on a yellow pad with the tweaking shown through cross-outs, arrows pointing this way and that, and other tells declaring a work-in-progress. Almost 20 years ago, however, a local editor offered me a […]