Editor, On Nov. 7, Maine voters will decide whether the state should expand its Medicaid program (MaineCare) under the federal Affordable Care Act. Leadership of our organization believes that MaineCare expansion would be a good thing, and we want to share with you the reasons why. Medicaid expansion in Maine would: Extend affordable healthcare coverage […]

Editor, On Nov, 7 voters in Saco have the opportunity to exercise one of their most important responsibilities — voting. However, the point of this letter isn’t to let you know how important voting is (you already knew that), it is instead to ask for your support on the three local bond questions unanimously approved […]

Millions of middle class Americans, mostly in rural areas, are feeling cornered by the overwhelming forces of globalization. Their employment was displaced by automation, international competition and corporations’ transfer of jobs to other nations with lesser production costs and more flexible laws. Many of these Americans express a visceral anger towards anything international and desperately […]

Editor, Our 12th Annual Halloween Bash at Mechanics Park was a blast. Over 250 kids and their families came. Thanks to the City of Biddeford, Biddeford Parks & Recreation, Witchipoo Mcree, Portland Pie, George’s Italian Shop, Dirty Dozen Donuts, Reilly’s Bakery, Hannaford, CowBell, and Sharper Events & Party Rentals. It was a huge success. See everyone […]

In January, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California — both Democrats — introduced legislation that would prohibit the president of the United States from conducting a “first-use nuclear strike,” unless such an attack had been authorized by a prior declaration of war by Congress. At last check, nine […]

Editor, Maine’s Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, understand the importance of conserving our natural resources, reducing carbon pollution, and growing our economy to benefit all of us.  Let’s thank both senators who voted “NO” on Oct. 19 to opening up our vast Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. That’s 12 billion barrels of […]

Editor, Before 2002, Angus King’s Medicaid expansion, the poverty rate was just 10.5 percent and in 2006 the poverty rate increased to 13 percent. Today, Maine is the worst state in the country for businesses. Also statistics show Maine hospitals absorbed hospital care costs of $150 million between 2001 and 2011. If Maine passes the […]

Traditionally high school football gets the lion’s share of fall sports coverage, but that’s likely to change soon, given the game’s dwindling participation numbers at the youth level and rapid growth in other sports. Perhaps trying to forestall the inevitable shift in emphasis, the Maine Principals’ Association (which one assumes counts a significant number of […]

“You’re fake news,” proclaims the president of the United States, leader of the free world, on an almost weekly occurrence. When President Trump calls media outlets or reporters he doesn’t like ‘Fake News,’ he is undermining the legitimacy of accountability journalism aka ‘Real News’.  Just because you disagree with the coverage you are receiving doesn’t […]

When Susan Collins was thinking about leaving the U.S. Senate and running for governor next year, she was warned that she would face right-wingers in a bruising Republican primary. She could win a general election easily, but winning the nomination would be tough. Whether that was a factor in her decision to stick with the […]