For all of you Americans who watched your president last week tell you that our economy has rebounded and the crisis is over, all I can say is that is just one more lie in a long list of lies Obama has told in his fairy tale version of what he thinks America is all […]

Yesterday I was driving to town and passed by the West Brook Ice Skating Rink. It was glistening and inviting, and it dawned on me that I wondered if the public was aware of what was going on behind the scenes and knew of the tremendous amount of hours planning and unselfish dedication that make […]

On Sunday morning, Jan. 17, my wife and I along with our 7- and 11-year-old sons drove from our hotel in Wells to stores and restaurants in Sanford during a long weekend away. After breakfast at the Cockpit Cafe, we noticed our tire was almost fully flat while in the Walmart parking lot. Growing up […]

The Patriot Ledger of Quincy (Mass.), Jan. 22: Depending on how life has shaped you, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is either a great American hero or a vile racist murderer. It seems that on social media and in traditional media, there’s no middle ground. Certainly no consideration for the complexities of the human condition. […]

I’m sure many of you have stories to tell about the mega snowstorm yesterday. Here is mine. Monday morning, after we finished that day’s issue, when it was clear we were going to get hit hard by the storm, I got together with my department heads. I knew it would be impossible to deliver the […]

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around New England: The Providence (R.I.) Journal, Jan. 22: After six years of defending and selling his policies as cures that would eventually turn the economy around, President Barack Obama addressed the American people Tuesday night as a man claiming victory. He clearly wanted to strike a triumphant note […]

Thirteen different television networks aired President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last week. The commander-in-chief’s remarks nominally articulated where he feels the nation stands domestically, internationally, fiscally, morally, and a whole lot of other “llys.” His pronouncements, as well as those of the opposition Republican Party’s designated responders, contained information of significance to […]

I was at the Biddeford Council meeting on Jan. 20 to observe the “Discussion of Airport Status and Operations”. Since this was an information session, only the presenters and the council could speak. The chairman of the Airport Commission introduced people from Gale Associates, Maine D.O.T., and Frank Nicosea-Rusin from the FAA After the presentation […]