Recently, I had the visual pleasure of viewing the Maine Art Educators Association show at the Saco Museum. It is entitled “Four Elements and Five Senses” and it was a delight to see. The exhibitors are art teachers in our public and private schools and if this show is a reflection of the creative and […]

The issue of how to replace Saco’s Young School has split the community, the school board and now the city council. Watching both sides carefully, I have come to fully believe that everyone wants to do what’s best for our kids and our town. That’s reassuring. It’s also why I’m certain that Saco will keep […]

The Boston Globe (Mass.), Feb. 24: Our country’s relationship with Mexico is too important to squander over a political war being waged by a presidential candidate who is behind in the polls and seems increasingly desperate to prove his hard-line credentials. We’re talking, of course, about US Senator Marco Rubio, and his misguided efforts to […]

Despite passage months ago, the Housing Bond funds earmarked for older Mainers in need of affordable housing have yet to be released. Maine State Housing Authority awaits word from Governor LePage. Meanwhile, older, vulnerable Mainers, many of whom have been kept in limbo for years, continue to wait for a home they can afford. Maine’s […]