American Legion Post 134 of Alfred and Post 55 of Limerick would like to thank Poland Spring for its recent donation of bottled water. The company was one of our sponsors for the Little Ossipee Ice Fishing Derby in Waterboro, and we just want our community to know how much we appreciate their support. -Bill […]

A recent decision regarding beachfront property rights in southern Maine has left the Town of Kennebunkport ”“ and likely many other ocean-front communities ”“ with questions. Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Ellen Gorman reversed the Superior Court’s decision that the public has a right to use Goose Rocks Beach due to a prescriptive easement. That […]

Without David Ortiz, the Red Sox might not have won the World Series last year. Or in 2007. Or in 2004. He has come up with more clutch home runs or hits in general than probably any other major league hitter over the past decade. So when the 38-year-old slugger asks for a contract for […]

Attorney General Eric Holder, long dutifully obedient to his boss’s vandalizing of the Constitution, now emerges as a vital opponent of one of the most damaging abuses in our history of the American definition of justice. Quoted in “Breaking our prison habit” in the Feb. 13 New York Daily News by the invaluably probing news […]

There’s no day like today Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present. — Author Unknown It’s my friend Mike’s birthday today. When we were kids, he rooted for the Johnny Bench/Joe Morgan/Pete Rose-era Cincinnati Reds. I spent that same period of time pulling […]

Reports by presidential commissions are often like those statues that dominate public squares in Washington: massive in size, but opaque in origin and quickly obscured by a thick layer of grime. But one commission presented a report last month that reflects an unusual amount of bipartisan cooperation and good sense. It deserves far more attention […]

thumb”¢nail (thum’nail’)         …2. anything quite small or brief,         as a small drawing or short essay Thumbs up to Austin Marhak and Judy French, who are to be recognized by the American Red Cross of Southern Maine as “Real Heroes.” Marhak rescued two fellow swimmers last summer when he was 14, while […]