Government legislation affects every business, sometimes in good ways, sometimes in negative ways. Businesses need to pay a lot of attention to what government at every level is doing, in order to protect their livelihoods. Big businesses have employees who check on government activities that might affect their interests, but often, smaller businesses learn about […]

Public comment is currently being accepted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as it considers additions to the state’s list of endangered and threatened animals. Two coastal birds, two species of bats and three invertebrates have been proposed to be added to the endangered list, while another bat species is up for “threatened” […]

The world environment has survived for eons with man using various methods of fuel collection from suspension energy to fire to oil extraction to nuclear power to now tar sands and also shale oil. Along the way, various technological innovations have added some challenging means, which are realistic but need development. Regardless of what the […]

Want to feel good about life? Go to a wedding. Those attending a matrimonial celebration are universally happy, upbeat and optimistic, and on top of that, everybody looks his or her best. Virtually everyone present at such an occasion seems to exude enough positivity, generosity and wholesomeness to light up a large city for a […]

Connectivity is the key to the future, and it’s good that Sanford is getting on board early. The city got the results of a study recently showing that communities that don’t have ”“ or get ”“ high-speed broadband will soon be left behind. The study showed that a new, high-speed broadband system could inject between […]

This past Friday, Aug. 1, President Obama signed into law the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act, which allows veterinarians to transport medicines classified as “controlled substances.” Maine’s veterinarians would like to thank Sen. Angus King for being an original sponsor of this measure, making sure we are not classified as felons when visiting a farm or […]

I’m deeply troubled to learn that two candidates were selected last week to replace the Republican candidates in District 14 and 15, against Rep. Barry Hobbins and Rep. Justin Chenette in Saco, without transparency. Their opponents withdrew from the race after their successful Republican primary election, as they were merely party placeholders, so the local […]

Many of us have been told over and over again that we need to protect our skin from the sun. If we don’t heed this warning, chances are we will end up with skin cancer. The thought of getting skin cancer, or any kind of cancer, terrified me. When I was younger, I would protect […]

We need to set up priorities, and they are to take care of our citizens first. We allow immigrants to come here and live without any U.S. status. Then they expect paying citizens to take care of these people over our own citizens. These people need to go back where they came from. We are […]