It’s nearly time for the leaves in York County to start falling like snowflakes. And while it is to the delight of many young children, it may be bane of many who live in the City of Sanford. The city’s resident had long enjoyed leaf pickup service, until a few years ago when the service […]

In a change of strategy last week, President Barack Obama vowed to destroy the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. We have not yet been told how and when that will be done. While the United States government ignored ISIS for awhile, the recent beheadings of two U.S. journalists and […]

I am one of the five Saco city councilors who voted to retain Richard Michaud as Saco’s administrator, and to give him a new contract. Since the time of the vote, we have received a number of emails about the matter, some of which complain that it was a poor decision, since the city currently […]

I am not one to write letters to the editor very often, but the recent action taken by a majority of the Saco City Council members has warranted this response. I am pleading with that majority to reconsider their vote to rehire City Administrator Richard Michaud. Please let him go into retirement and live in […]

As a board member of the Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit Committee and as the assistant town manager of Old Orchard Beach, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for Biddeford Walmart Store Manager Michael Lilly’s encouragement to the corporate leaders of Walmart to continue the bus stop at Walmart through a donation […]

The Saco Fire Department wishes to publicly thank Poland Spring for its ongoing support of local fire and emergency medical services through continued donations of drinking water to Maine public safety organizations. Saco and our neighboring communities have benefited from the donated bottled water and have utilized it to keep our firefighters and medical providers […]

Diane Denk’s work on behalf of needy families makes her an excellent choice for state representative in District 9 (Kennebunkport and parts of Kennebunk and Biddeford). Diane previously chaired a homeless shelter for women and children on the south side of Chicago. Her hard work and tireless fundraising enabled the shelter to take ownership of […]

So perhaps you remember that I wrote about Dupuis Hardware about a week ago and the terribly hard time they have been having as a result of the construction going on for months here in downtown Biddeford. Another locally owned business that is struggling with this is Quinn’s Bike Shop, just a couple of doors […]

In light of President Obama’s decision to delay his much-anticipated edict on immigration until after November’s elections, some critics are asking why the president and Democrats in Congress didn’t pass immigration reform back when they had overwhelming majorities in both House and Senate. It’s a good question ”“ and a good reason to revisit 2009 […]