Search the word “Benghazi,” and up pops a paid link to a website that advertises: “Benghazi ”“ T-shirts, Sweatshirts, Mugs and More.” Click on the link and 401 items are offered for sale. They include a yellow backpack with red letters, reading, “Benghazi. Obama Slept Families Wept.” A decal features former secretary of state Hillary […]

Thumb”¢nail (thum’nail’)         …2. anything quite small or brief,         as a small drawing or short essay humbs up to the expansion of the Williams Court Park in Biddeford, which will finally rid the surrounding neighborhood of all physical markers that reminded residents of the murders of brothers Gage and Derek Greene in […]

Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center would like to acknowledge and thank the Poland Spring company in Hollis for its generous donation of 20 cases of bottled water for its clients, volunteers and guests attending RTT’s summer events. Those include the May 10 rider horse show, June 15 day of caring, June 8 ride-a-thon […]

Now that the 126th Legislature has finished its work, I want to highlight one of our biggest successes of the session. At a time when bipartisan agreement can seem out of reach, a bill to create a cold case homicide unit within the Attorney General’s office passed unanimously through the House and Senate, and was […]

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A racist killing spree gives rise to a riveting story about faith and compassion.

Thanks to the recent release of the 10th biennial report of the Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel, by the Maine Office of the Attorney General, late last month, a light is once again shining on an issue that continues that plague Maine and the nation. The report focuses on the link between suicidal behaviors and […]

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Albany (Ga.) Herald on Putin and Ukraine: As much as the world would like for it to settle into a resolution, the face-off between Ukraine and Russia shows no signs of tapering off. In mid-April, the stakes escalated when Ukrainian officials sent troops […]

I recently learned a little-known secret about gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud: He likes to garden. I was surprised until I started thinking about the qualities of a good gardener. A gardener should be patient and not expect miracles overnight; not be afraid to get his hands dirty when doing the heavy lifting to improve the […]