Neither the governor nor I want to dictate to the counties how they need to run.” That is what I told Lewiston Sun Journal reporter Dan Hartill on Feb. 13. Hartill was asking questions about a Feb. 11, 2014 letter I had delivered to members of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and […]

Most Americans think the economy is still bad and that President Obama is doing a poor job handling it. With unemployment at 6.6 percent, and only that low because millions of frustrated, jobless workers have left the labor force entirely, issues that consume media attention ”“ like whether a shop-owner should be forced to bake […]

Biddeford voters are to decide in November whether or not they want parking meters downtown, per a city council vote to move forward with a citizens’ petition on the issue. The meters, which are proposed as part of a larger downtown parking plan that includes a parking garage, have been controversial from the first time […]

Anyone who hasn’t spent the past four months amassing a small fortune plowing snow has probably had more than enough of what any rational person not directly connected to the skiing and/or snowmobiling industries considers the lengthiest and least attractive of Maine’s four seasons. This winter has been a brutal one, and given the recent […]

It’s taken for granted that in sports, as in many walks of life, true character only really comes out when the chips are down and seemingly everything is against you. But that doesn’t mean that when an individual, or a team, rises up and battles against those odds, it’s any less special. For the Noble/Wells […]

As reported by the Associated Press’ Tom Hays on Feb 21, a federal judge in Newark, N.J., decided that the New York Police Department has been within its constitutional bounds spying on Muslims at mosques, restaurants, colleges and grade schools in New Jersey since 2002. Not surprisingly, most of the national media ignored this shocking […]

Thumbs up to all those who got outside to participate in the Snowman Extravaganza at Sanford’s Gowen Park last Saturday. The event was hosted by the Sanford Parent Leadership Training Institute, which teaches parents and others the leadership skills they need to advocate for children. The Snowman Extravaganza was a way to introduce the group […]

One of our favorite political stories took place during Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign in 1964. A friend was standing outside a Goldwater rally when a woman burst from the room, tears streaming down her face. “Stop them!” he heard her say. “Stop those reporters! They’re writing down every word he’s saying!” We were reminded of […]