In April, I was honored to participate in the Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum in Washington, D.C. Joined by more than 800 people with the disease, caregivers and fellow advocates from across the nation, we appealed to our members of Congress for action on Alzheimer’s disease. As an Alzheimer’s ambassador to Sen. Angus King, it was […]

Haley Barbour, former governor of Mississippi, former head of the Republican National Committee, now a political fixer and influential voice in GOP circles, says he first became seriously interested in immigration policy after Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of homes in Mississippi were destroyed, “down to the slab,” Barbour said at a recent conference on immigration hosted […]

Speaker John Boehner talks a good game about pushing immigration reform. He told a recent fundraiser in Las Vegas that he was “hell-bent on getting this done this year,” reports the Wall Street Journal. And back home in Cincinnati, he even mocked his fellow House Republicans for failing to confront the issue. “Here’s the attitude,” […]

I am once again writing about candidates in Sanford. These two candidates are each qualified; each give personal attention to their constituents. During the last few years, both of these people have helped me with things at the state level as well as the town level ”“ and they are running against each other. I […]

Thumbs up to the Biddeford City Council’s decision to extend the deadline for the Lincoln Mill clock tower to be moved. Although it is an eyesore ”“ as some have pointed out ”“ work is being done to raise funds for its relocation and restoration. A few months more won’t make much of a difference […]

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: The Star-Ledger, New Jersey, on racism and sexism: Now and then, we choose the most convenient prism through which to view our most serious social problems, however superficially, because it comes packaged in equal doses of celebrity and infamy. There is a drug […]

I would like to take this time to endorse Paul Main for York County sheriff. I have known Main for many years. He is an outstanding law enforcement officer and an honorable man. He worked for the sheriff’s department for many years. I worked at the York County Jail for five years, leaving as a […]

Say what you want about Jerome Plante, he was a worker. He earned his salary. He was town manager and tax collector more than 40 years ago. He made $17,000 and had no assistant. The town, including Ocean Park, was less than four square miles. Nothing has changed. It’s still less than four square miles. […]