Many of you have heard that song from “The Sound of Music” that ends with the words, “So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, and good-bye.” Sometimes we just have to say good-bye. All good things come to an end, no matter how much we like doing them. I have thoroughly enjoyed writing this newspaper column. I […]

When Saco citizens go to the polls Nov. 4, they will be voting on a referendum question to borrow money for the repair or replacement of Stackpole Bridge on Simpson Road. The May 6, 2013 closure of this bridge cut off five residences from the rest of Saco. Since it has been closed, these five […]

Maine Country Music Hall of Fame member Betty Gribbin passed away on Saturday, Aug. 16. She was one of the first six members elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978 and 1979. Betty was the ninth Maine Hall of Famer we have lost this year and the ninth in the past two months. Betty […]

The fifth annual Mike Garrigan Golf “Fore” a Cure Memorial Tournament was held Aug. 9 at the Dutch Elm Golf course. The Garrigan family would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped to make this year our most successful yet. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Mike’s friends, family friends and all […]

Family time is wicked important to me, so every Friday evening after work, I drive up the coast to see and spend time with my wife and my 11-year-old daughter, Olivia. This past Sunday, we all went apple picking. Olivia’s friend, Lyla, came along, and the two girls also went through a corn maze. When […]

The federal government recently began its seventh year of considering whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Nearly all that time has passed under the administration of President Obama, who seems content never to decide the pipeline’s fate. That way, it wouldn’t be built, which would please the president’s supporters on the liberal […]

If we are looking for new, energetic, innovative and resourceful legislators for our state, we need to support Patty Hymanson, democratic candidate for the House.  I have known Patty for more than 10 years. She is extremely bright, articulate and well-versed in the health care and education issues facing us today. She is a retired […]

In what may become the most compelling free-speech campaign in our educational history, Foundation For Individual Rights in Education has embarked on a lawsuit campaign to restore and guarantee the existence of free speech on our college campuses. Speaking before the National Press Club in Washington on July 1, Greg Lukianoff, President of FIRE, first […]