Welfare is a trap, though support services may help a bit. Then bang, you’re on your own. Welfare needs to change. When you’re on welfare, you learn to be poor. So begins the cycle. Being poor can lead to low self-esteem, and in turn, to depression, which runs to bad choices and decisions. This can […]

Can anyone else see through FairPoint’s ploy of saying it is at an impasse with contract negotiations? They have been against the unionized workers since day one. Claiming bankruptcy was a convenient way to get rid of debt, and now they want to conveniently get rid of knowledgeable, dedicated employees in order to outsource work […]

I have had the pleasure of getting to know Debi Davis, who is a candidate for State House representative in District 11, which encompasses the larger portion of Biddeford. As a single mother who raised her two children alone, and now with a full-time, professional career as a producer and radio talkshow host, she has […]

“We’ve got to win and stop these guys.” That was Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, criticizing the Obama administration on CNN as Islamic State fighters (also known as ISIS) gobbled up chunks of Syria and Iraq. His sense of alarm is clearly justified. The jihadist militants pose a serious threat to a range […]

”¢Thumbs up to the new agreement between Thornton Academy and the University of New England, which will allow high school students to graduate with college sophomore status in the UNE College of Arts and Sciences. As Sen. Angus King said during his visit to the high school last week, students who take advantage of this […]

This year could bring a major change in the U.S. Senate. Some pundits predict the Republicans will gain a majority, giving them control over both houses of Congress. After Labor Day, campaigns have begun to heat up. In Maine, incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins, considered one of the few Senate moderates, faces Democrat Shenna Bellows, […]

It only takes a drive along one of the city’s well-traveled roads to see why a $12.25 million road bond will be before Biddeford voters in November. If approved, the money would go toward repairing about 35 miles worth of roads within the city. The work is certainly needed. To say Biddeford has under-funded paving […]

As general manager of the Saco Drive-In, we’ve come a long way in turning our beloved theater around. From taking it on as a college project to running it full-time to working with the extended community to save it, it’s been one heck of a journey. There has been one constant: Someone who has helped […]

The idea was simple enough: She would try to track down her old college roommate, Lila Simson (a pseudonym), Class of 1968. They had lost touch shortly after graduation when they had moved to different parts of the country. The first order of business was to sift through the layers of married life that would […]