You’ve got all the symptoms,” Sue said. “The symptoms of what?” I asked. “MFS.” “MFS? I feel fine.” “Sure, you feel fine now, but when I asked you to vacuum the living room, you said you were too tired. When I asked you to take out the garbage, you said, ”˜Later.’ Then you sat at […]

Cooperstown, New York is home to three major galleries where visitors can visit and view artifacts. And while the Farmer’s Museum and the Fenimore Art Museum are undoubtedly both fascinating, the reason my two sons and I went there during the recently-completed school vacation was identical to that of 98 percent of Cooperstown’s other visitors: […]

There are great things happening in the Biddeford-Saco area these days. Earlier this year, Portland Pie and the Yard at the Mill joined our other Main Street eateries and shops. And now we have a wonderful pedestrian bridge spanning the Saco River ”“ further linking the people and businesses of Biddeford and Saco. However, just […]

According to www.ballotpedia.org, an online encyclopedia about politics at the local, state, and federal level, the following bills have been proposed in 2015, to modify the citizen petition process in Maine: LD 742: “Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Require That 5 Percent Of Signatures On A Direct Initiative Of Legislation […]

As noted in Tammy Wells’ article in today’s paper, the use of heroin is on the rise in Maine. News stories of arrests for heroin trafficking locally are making the front page more and more. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, or NIDA, 4.2 million, that’s 1.6 percent, of Americans age 12 or […]

As former mayors of the City of Saco, we have closely followed the process over many recent years associated with replacing or rehabilitating Stackpole Bridge located on Simpson Road. It is Maine’s oldest bridge on a public roadway, built in 1848. We are delighted that Saco voters approved a $990,000 bond package in November 2014 […]

Do government programs to encourage job creation work or do they merely guarantee corporate profits? Nobody knows the answer with certainty, but there’s evidence corporations promote development subsidies more to boost their profits than to create new jobs. The mantra of most politicians is “jobs, jobs, jobs.” But many of them oppose direct government hiring […]