Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Las Vegas Review-Journal on Obamacare’s true numbers being a revealing failure: On the afternoon of April 1, President Barack Obama pulled out the pom-poms and assumed the role of cheer captain at the White House Rose Garden to celebrate the great Obamacare victory. […]

The checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions are among the most valued and unique features of American government. But their misuse now causes government gridlock. The founding fathers rejected the British system where power was centrally concentrated. The American Constitution created a system in which several bodies have some of the […]

On behalf of Sanford High School Project Graduation 2014, I would like to thank Poland Spring for their water donation for our Zombie Run 5k event. It was a great event, and we had a wonderful time. Because of their generous donation, we are one step closer to our goal of raising $25,000 to be […]

Years ago in Old Orchard Beach, there was a small grocery store owner who wanted to sell booze in his store. He wanted the town council to give him a liquor license. Councilors at the time turned down his request, so he approached a friend and asked him to run for town council. That person […]

Equal Pay Day on April 8 last week showed just how far from equality we are when it comes to the salaries of men compared with their female counterparts. The National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes fairness in the workplace, reported that women who have full-time jobs in Maine […]

The field of runners has been expanded by 9,000 to nearly 36,000, and spectators could double – to 1 million.

After his diagnosis of ALS in 2012, Imber continued to paint, defying the limits of his disease.

We write today to seek awareness and help for the desperate situation that is occurring in South Sudan. There are currently numerous people who are suffering a great humanitarian loss. There are true reports of the dramatic reality of tens of thousands of women, adolescents and children who have fled their homes because of conflict […]

My dad would be thrilled and tickled if I spent a long, laborious paragraph describing his facial hair in great detail. So this one’s for you, pops. First off, there’s something you have to understand about the man: He’s an “old hippie from way back,” in his words. Aside from the debauched behavior that this […]