Hopefuls are busy raising money, attending forums, getting their messages out — and getting tired.

A ‘Restore the Constitution’ open-carry muster will take place today in a national park outside Washington, D.C.

Although erecting wind turbines in pristine areas may not be ideal, it is better than the alternative. To those opposing the wind power projects, I challenge them to consider where the energy used in the United States comes from currently. Coal, one of the top three energy sources in the United States, mined by blowing […]

The whole state would benefit if the old home for boys and girls can fulfill its mission.

Coal miners work in a high-tech industry providing America with one piece of its economic backbone.

Efforts to protect the world from nuclear catastrophe are graded pass/fail. As with a report card, just passing may not be a cause for celebration, but when the alternative is a catastrophe, you’ll take it. While it’s too early to grade all of President Obama’s recent efforts in the nuclear security arena, from what we […]

In life, just as in sports, timing is everything. The family of a high school athlete should have known that. The Yarmouth High School girls’ lacrosse player went to federal court this week to get a judge to halt consequences that began flowing her way after a picture posted on a social networking Web site […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Library Board of Trustees and Friends of Topsham Public Library will present the first “Joy of the Lens” photography show this spring. The exhibit celebrates the work of year-round Maine resident photographers who are 16 and older. Categories include “People, Places and Things,” “Seascapes,” “Nature/Wildlife,” “Landscapes/Cityscapes,” “Enhanced” and “People’s Choice.” Prizes in […]

BATH — Historian Charles E. Burden and Sue Fitzgerald will share their “Memories of Downtown Bath in 1949” at a Bath Historical Society program at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 17. The program will be held in the Community Room of the Patten Free Library at 33 Summer St. and is free. Light refreshments will be served […]

BRUNSWICK — The town has decided to postpone potential land acquisition for a new police station until the fall. Meanwhile, town officials are proposing to renew efforts to sell the old Times Record building on Industry Road, a facility that has been twice considered for new police headquarters. Both questions came up during budget discussions, […]