C Thumbs up to the Old Orchard Beach town council’s decision not to pursue diagonal parking on Old Orchard Street, even though it would have added 15 spaces. We are glad to see they took the advice of Police Chief Dana Kelley, who said diagonal parking would create safety concerns. Traffic is heavy on this […]

Excerpts from recent editorials in the U.S. and abroad: Wall Street Journal on Ukraine and nuclear proliferation: The damage to world order from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Crimea will echo for years, but one of the biggest casualties deserves more attention: the cause of nuclear nonproliferation. One lesson to the world of Russia’s cost-free carve-up […]

When the head of a major electric company says today’s policies are “shockingly stupid,” we probably should pay attention. At the premier annual energy summit, David Crain, CEO of NRG, a company owning more generators than are in all of New England, said, “Think how shockingly stupid it is to build a 21st-century electric system […]

Wells-Ogunquit Community School District has been called upon to change its team nickname and mascot, in a statewide effort to eliminate all school nicknames in the state that refer to American Indians. WOCSD athletic teams have long been known as the Warriors, and while they have marginalized their “Indian head” mascot imagery in favor of […]

The City of Biddeford has expanded its nuisance property ordinance to include commercial properties, and it aims to remedy nuisance behavior issues by holding business owners accountable. Despite the backlash from business owners, this ordinance may prove helpful in taking care of problem behavior and patrons. Just like the rules that hold property owners responsible […]

Residents of the greater Portland area, including those in York County, are being asked to weigh in on health care by participating in a survey. From February through April, health insurers are conducting a survey called the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, which is mailed to select people with health insurance, including those […]

I want to tell you about a guy I’ll call “Ron.” That’s an alias. I didn’t pick a goofy one, because Ron’s story isn’t particularly funny. See, Ron is a racist. What makes that difficult to admit is that Ron and I have a history going back to grade school; we’ve got one of those […]

At any given moment, there are about 5,000 planes flying in American skies. This country’s 15,000 air traffic controllers have a central role in getting these planes to their destinations safely and on time. However, the air traffic control industry is facing a serious challenge. While the technologies used in modern air traffic control have […]