The future of Maine depends on its ability to provide a quality education to every student in the state at all levels. We are a group of active and retired educators, parents and former students who believe Diane Denk is an excellent choice to represent Maine’s House District 9 (Kennebunkport and parts of Kennebunk and […]

“Those who do the most for the world’s advancement are the ones who demand the least.” — Henry L. Doherty Those who are acknowledged here have, with extended hands, reached out and helped their fellow man by contributing to the Saco Food Pantry: Little Wonders Day Care, Silver Springs Campground, Leeward Landing Thrift Store, Sure […]

Whether you agree that climate change is affected by human activity or think it’s just a “liberal” issue, recent findings about the rising temperature of the Gulf of Maine should make each and every Mainer take note. According to the research of Andy Pershing, chief scientific officer at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, the […]

A human body is a pretty ridiculous thing, when you get right down to it. It’s the design that gets me. The mouth and stomach are really far away from each other, which seems inefficient; it’s like having a computer monitor set up in Virginia while you’re typing away at a keyboard in Russia, hoping […]

How many parents would be happy to hear that their children are being taught dangerous sexual behaviors, including whipping, cutting and beating others ”“ or having themselves beaten? How many parents would be pleased to know that our government is paying for such depraved advice? This is what’s happening in Planned Parenthood, a corporation that […]

The Biddeford City Council is holding our roads hostage for $12.25 million in ransom from taxpayers. Most people assume that their city tax dollars are spent first and foremost on essential services that include basic things like road maintenance. But that’s not true in Biddeford. Every year, our city councilors add numerous non-essential projects and […]

If we are going to have a meaningful, productive, national debate on what our foreign policy and reactions should be to ISIS, we need to have unbiased information. Right now, we simply are not getting it. Let’s begin with what this organization actually is. ISIS stands roughly for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. […]

The indictments late last week of seven current and former York County Jail corrections officers are particularly disturbing news, on many levels. As taxpayers, we expect public employees to uphold the trust vested in them to serve the greater public interest and follow the law, and whenever that trust is violated, it leaves a vile […]

Cellphone use is what one would call “prolific” nowadays. According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, cellphone ownership among adults exceeds 90 percent: Cellphones are now being used by 91 percent of adults, according to a survey conducted between April 17 and May 19, 2013 by Pew. A lot of people […]