I met Matt Lauzon while attending my first Biddeford City Council meeting this last spring. I was there to speak on behalf of my internship position to discuss and bring attention to Biddeford’s heroin crisis. After I spoke publicly to the council board, not one of the council members wanted to hear my concerns/suggestions, and […]
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Kilbourn for Senate District 34
On Nov. 8, voters in Senate District 34 (Kennebunk, Wells, Acton, Berwick, Lebanon and North Berwick) have the opportunity to vote for an intelligent, accomplished, visionary leader who works well with people of all or no political affiliation… Jonathan “Jay” Kilbourn of Kennebunk. I became acquainted with Jay through the work he and his wife […]
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CCB clarifies purpose
When we organized Concerned Citizens of Biddeford, it was an initiative to put pressure on the administration to become more transparent. They have never had to respond to such difficult questions or the kind of intense research we are performing. We use local newspapers, tax filings, documents from Alfred and many other reliable sources. We […]
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The true value of life
“Life is a gift, not an accident,” Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in a recent speech at the University of Notre Dame. “And the point of a life is to become the kind of fully human person who knows and loves God above everything else, and reflects that love to others.” He was reflecting […]
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Nothing less than the best for our students
For years and years, whether I was raising my own son or working as a social worker in the correctional system, I constantly asked myself what I could do to help the person in front of me grow into the best version of themselves. What could I do to make sure they were learning, growing […]
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Ignoring due process an injustice to college students
Long ago and far away, a woman we hardly knew presented herself bruised and weeping on our doorstep one night. She told a vivid tale of woe. An old friend of our family she’d been dating had supposedly beaten her and thrown her down the stairs. Why she’d come to our house instead of police […]
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Hillary Clinton, Storyteller
Hillary Clinton has a long history of hiding the whole truth about herself. The latest example – declining to reveal for 48 hours that she was suffering from pneumonia – was a serious mistake that chewed another chunk out of her already shaky credibility. But the controversy surrounding Clinton’s illness overshadowed a fascinating moment when […]