As we celebrate Earth Day, the story of Biddeford’s revitalization over the past 10 years is an inspiring model for how former mill towns across New England can become thriving, young communities. Thanks to a visionary local government, a supportive state and committed citizens, a community with an aging population and housing stock was able […]

Last month, while interviewing former senator Jim Webb, “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd labeled Webb “a rare and dying breed. A centrist and a moderate.” Todd also suggested that “The center’s been hollowed out.” Intense emotions are pervasive on our social media feeds. It seems that half of America thinks President Donald Trump can […]

Julian Assange creates problems. The Wikileaks founder does it not only by releasing stolen documents, but also by his own release from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange enjoyed Ecuador’s diplomatic protection, because he feared the British would send him to the U.S. to be tried for releasing secret documents.  The former Ecuadorian president shared […]

Dud was down at The Lunker Hole on Lewis Creek before it even turned yellow in the east. He had some thinking to do, and, as everyone knows, there’s no better way to think than fly fishing. Just about the time Dud could make out The Lunker’s rock at the head of the hole, he […]

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir It has become impossible for me to sit and watch television or a movie without having something to also keep my hands occupied. At different times of my life, that activity has taken the […]

The refrigerator beeps if I accidentally leave the door open, which I do a lot, but it’s a different beep than the one the dishwasher makes to tell me it has finished putting spots on my glasses. Do I really have to know when the dishwasher is finished with its spotting cycle? Besides, when the […]

For some time we have been reporting the influence of the moneyed elite, notably George Soros and Tom Steyers, in choosing our elected officers from the White House, with the “billionaire club,”down to local races.  This happens when money flows in from outside where the candidate will serve allowing those of wealth, to replace constituent […]