Yogi Berra’s famous comment, “It’s like déjà vu all over again,” immediately came to mind when I heard that the Kennebunk Board of Selectmen voted March 11 to put a question on the June ballot to ask voters to approve an amendment that would waive requirements to off-street parking standards for first-floor retail or restaurant […]

This is an exciting time for Biddeford. As of this week, the city has begun accepting proposals for the 8.5-acre former waste incinerator site on Lincoln Street. By the deadline at the end of May, several project plans from reputable developers nationwide will hopefully have poured in, giving city officials a myriad of options from […]

Not to worry,” the mechanic said as I dropped off my car. “It’ll be ready by 3 o’clock. If not, we’ll give you a loaner for the night.” Perfect, I thought. One way or another, I’ll have a car to drive to the appointment. But when I returned at 3 p.m., things hadn’t gone quite […]

Suppose you are the head of one of the two major American political parties, and elections are giving you a headache. In five of the last six presidential elections, spanning almost a quarter century, the other party has won a nationwide majority of popular votes. If you add up all the votes nationally in elections […]

The Senate will vote on Gov. Paul LePage’s welfare proposals on Monday.

Saco has beautiful beaches and coastline that people from all over come to enjoy every year. Camp Ellis and Ferry Beach are among the nicest shores in the state, and Saco should be proud to claim these sites. However, our coastline has been threatened for decades by a man-made problem. Erosion caused by the Saco […]

Origin stories fascinate me. Everyone and everything has one; they have to, or else nothing that is would be. (Huh?) But the genesis of certain things are shrouded in mystery and probably always will be, which makes them both enticing and deeply frustrating, like a gorgeous woman who wouldn’t notice me if I was on […]

Tax Increment Financing districts have been the cause of some controversy of late. A closer look at TIFs was published in this newspaper in February by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. The two-part series examined who is using TIFs, and how they are being used. TIFs were created in 1977 to “shelter” tax […]

On Sept. 13, 2013, the Airport Research Group submitted a report on the Biddeford City Council’s request for a review of the implications associated with closing and/or maintaining operations at the Biddeford Municipal Airport. The report stated that the initial scope of the review contemplated evaluation of a wide range of issues including, but not […]