Thumbs up to the town of Old Orchard Beach, the Conservation Commission, Department of Public Works and all who worked to make the nearly completed spur trail from the Eastern Trail into town a reality. The new spur leads people off the Eastern Trail to the downtown, giving bicyclists a safe way to explore all […]

The month of September was the seventh month of the year when March was the first month. Fall always begins for us in the northern hemisphere this month and this will happen on Wednesday the 23rd at 4:21 a.m. EDT. The autumnal equinox is farther defined by the sun on the ecliptic crossing over the […]

Steve was guest-hosting “The Diane Rehm Show” on NPR recently, and the topic was the nationwide upsurge in heroin addiction. The first caller was Stacy from New Albany, Indiana. “It’s funny,” she said. “I’m listening to this show and I have a syringe of heroin in my hand.” She had gotten hurt in the military, […]

When an elderly neighbor we barely knew died recently, I went to the drugstore to buy a sympathy card for his wife. I was looking for something sober and simple. A plain white card that said something like, “We were saddened to hear of your loss. Please accept our sincere condolences. Our thoughts are with […]

If you have caught an interview with Donald Trump lately on television – and how could you not – you have probably heard him talk about the problem our country has with the outsourcing of jobs to places like Mexico and China. It’s a great platform for any presidential candidate to run on, as many […]

If you look up “kangaroo court” in the dictionary, you’ll find a big old picture of Rep. Trey Gowdy. Why? Because he is leading a one-man, partisan show trial of harassment against Hillary Clinton. And it’s high time someone called him out for it. Gowdy is the chairman of the so-called House Select Committee on […]