The Salem News (Mass.), July 6: The nation’s drivers pay an extra $515 a year to operate and maintain their vehicles thanks to the shoddy state of America’s roads, according to a study by TRIP, a national transportation research group. That’s $515 above and beyond routine wear and tear and normal driving costs, and it’s […]

I’ve reported before on the growing rebellion against collective standardized testing among parents, students and even teachers’ unions. But I’d never expected to see this May 3 headline from The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog: “Why the movement to opt out of Common Core tests is a big deal.” In the piece, education reporter Valerie […]

The Telegraph of Nashua (N.H), July 9: Maybe the relationship between the Hillary Clinton campaign and the press really is that frayed. Her campaign for president topped itself over the holiday weekend when Clinton aides tagging along as she walked in Gorham’s Fourth of July parade pulled out a rope and herded reporters away from […]

I just read a review of the latest update of iTunes where the writer complained that he thought it was “messy.” Yes, it could let him listen to millions of records, and yes, it could go through his listening history and pick out songs that it thought he would like without him lifting a finger. […]

The Maine State legislature has done its work to address the threat of a total collapse of the electric grid from GMD, an extreme geomagnetic solar storm (or geomagnetic disturbance), so powerful and widespread it would black out Maine, the whole Northeast, Atlantic seaboard, or even the nation for months or years ”“ but work […]

I hate that this has to come to this but it is necessary. As you read this letter, the comfort stations, that the City of Sanford (provides) through the Parks and Recreation Department, are being removed. These are located in the parking areas near No. 1 Pond and also in the Gowen Park/Blouin Field area. […]