For more than a year now, Simpson Road has been closed at the Stackpole Bridge between Route 112 and the Salmon Falls area of Buxton. Saco farm businesses, commuters and health care providers must drive almost seven extra miles to get to downtown Saco and other turnpike corridor locations. Postal service has been reduced to […]

As the state representative for the former District 137 ”“ Biddeford and Kennebunkport ”“ I have had the opportunity to work with Diane Denk on many occasions. Consistently, she has impressed me with her energy, her compassion, her focus and her love of Maine. She is hard working and passionate, and she would be a […]

It is always treading on thin ice to evaluate a new idea before all the evidence is available about whether or not the idea has worked. Well, thin ice be damned. The new incarnation of NASCAR’s 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup is only six races old, but wow, what a six races it has […]

I have known and worked with Martin Grohman since 2010, when he supported me in my own campaign for state representative. Now that I’m finishing my second term in the Legislature, I am strongly supporting Marty as he runs for election for House District 12. With his balance of business background and dedication to represent […]

The 2014 campaign season is upon us, and the candidate of my choice is James Booth for State Senate District 32, which encompasses Biddeford, Arundel, Dayton, Lyman, Alfred and Kennebunkport. As a candidate for the State Senate, he will not take money from the Clean Election campaign fund, which is paid for by the citizens […]

“Run, Mitt, run.” That was the chant as Mitt Romney appeared at a rally for Joni Ernst, the Republican Senate candidate in Iowa. The 2012 GOP standard-bearer hears those words a lot as he campaigns around the country this fall, and they trigger two questions. Will be run? Can he win? “I’m not running for […]

I read in your paper on Aug. 6, about “Developer focusing on Vt. power project.” This new power line will be installed underground from the Canadian border to New York City. The developer, New England Clean Power Link, is well on its way to securing the necessary federal permits as well as those from the […]

U.S., state and municipal health authorities are working overtime and spending millions of dollars to stem the spread of Ebola, which has killed just one person here. Where is the comparable effort to stem the spread of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases that kill 1.4 million Americans annually and are linked […]