If you had asked me a couple of years ago whether I was a gym person, I would have replied, “The gym? You mean that place with all the weights and whirring machines and grunting men? Get outta here!” Then I would have pointed at you and laughed, ’cause I’m a tool. Turns out the […]

The Providence Journal (R.I.), May 26: Sir Winston Churchill once said, “It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.” Yet there are instances when the present can foretell what the future will hold. Take the Google Self-Driving Car, for example. The massive tech company started experimenting with […]

How do you solve a problem like George Pataki, or like Rick Santorum, or like Lindsey Graham? Or ”“ more challenging still ”“ how do you solve the problem that George Pataki, Rick Santorum and Lindsey Graham have? The three ”“ one a former governor of New York, one a former senator from Pennsylvania, one […]

The Boston Globe (Mass.), May 27: The fall of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s largest province, to ISIS last week is more than a military setback. It’s also a humanitarian catastrophe for more than 55,000 Iraqis who fled the violence. Yet thousands of families attempting to cross into the relative safety of Baghdad have been […]

As one of the co-founders of the Saco River Dyehouse located in Biddeford, I am writing this letter in anticipation of the Maine Manufacturing Association of Maine’s, or MAMe, Manufacturing Summit, taking place today at Pineland. This amazing Summit brings together manufacturers from around the state for a day of discussion, networking with industry leadership, […]

Dear neighbors, as you prepare for the upcoming vote on the future of our schools, I want you all to keep one thing in mind: The average homeowner will spend more on town trash bags than they will on the proposed renovations of three schools. Christina Morabito, Kennebunk

It’s been almost four years since we moved into my legislative office on Main Street sandwiched between Rapid Rays and the Saco Post Office. We aren’t going anywhere even though we’ve moved from the physical space. According to our landlord, a new business is moving in. I’m very appreciative to have had the opportunity to […]

Once again, area residents are faced with a troubling vote from our school district. Instead of a reasonable plan that recognizes steady enrollment declines, and exercises true consolidation and sustainability, we are asked to support a bloated operating budget for six facilities that have excess space. We’re faced with a colossal construction bond that keeps open too […]