By BRUCE HARDINA Publisher, Journal Tribune Hello, Journal Tribune reader. If you haven’t read the article about me, my name is Bruce Hardina and I am the new publisher here at the paper. I have never spent any time in this part of our state. I am renting an apartment in downtown Biddeford, but I […]

Karina Velasco paid her way through college by cleaning office buildings in downtown Washington for five hours every evening. She did her schoolwork after getting home at midnight, and is on track to receive her degree in social work next spring. Karina is a model citizen except for one thing. She’s an illegal immigrant. She […]

The Times Argus of Barre/Montpelier (Vt.), July 9: The flood of children crossing the border from Mexico is being blamed on President Barack Obama’s lenient policy toward child immigrants. Deportation of children has fallen in recent years, and young adult immigrants who came to the United States as children have also benefited from the decision […]

On July 31, Armenian forces attempted to covertly infiltrate Azerbaijani positions during the middle of the night in Agdam and Terter districts (Line of Contact in Nagorno Karabakh region) and in Gazakh district of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan-Armenian border) away from the main conflict zone. The attack was repelled by Azerbaijani forces. Nine soldiers of Azerbaijani army […]

Is it not a contradiction that some of the pro-lifers have not come out to defend the rights of the immigrant children who made it to the shores of America to escape danger? Are their lives worth less than those of the unborn? I wonder if some of the pro-lifers are among the sign carriers […]

You’re not as old as you make yourself out to be in your column, you know.” This from our front office guru, Donna, whose real name I’m using because she’ll probably be thrilled that I mentioned her. (Hi, Donna!) She laid that one on me a few weeks ago, after I had written about Fuddy […]

With Sanford’s urban landscape, it’s easy to see why some residents would not want to keep their own chickens, but for those who do, a new ordinance would create a legal avenue for them to do so. It’s the logical next step for a city that already has people keeping chickens without permission to ensure […]

This gubernatorial election is eerily reminiscent of the 2012 presidential election and the 2008 presidential election. As with the current occupant of the White House, except for the familiar, vague pledges of “hope and change,” nobody wants to talk about Congressman Mike Michaud’s utter lack of credentials to be Maine’s next chief executive. Michaud’s formal […]

I am writing this letter to share my praise of Marissa Heffernan’s weekly column, “The Youth View,” that appears in the Sunday paper. One aspect of her writing that I enjoy is how thought-provoking it is. Whether I am left reminiscing or thinking about the life that lay ahead as a high school student, there […]

The Town of Kennebunk Community Development Department was notified on Friday that Kennebunk Harbor Hotel, LLC had withdrawn the request to pursue the contract zone for the property located off Doanes Wharf Road.  The withdrawal of this egregious proposal is vindication of the efforts of our united Lower Village neighborhood to ward off this assault. […]