Every February and March, one of the highlights of the Maine high school sporting schedule is delivered straight into the homes of every Mainer with a television set: the annual high school basketball tournaments, a two-week-long respite from the long, cold winter, a celebration of the hard-work, dedication and talent of young athletes from Kittery […]

On behalf of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Sanford, thank you very much to everyone who took part in and supported our fifth annual Trivia Night at the Town Club on Friday, Jan. 17. What a terrific evening. Special thanks to Marcel Blouin for emceeing the event; Gina and her team at Above and Beyond Catering […]

thumb”¢nail (thum’nail’)         …2. anything quite small or brief,         as a small drawing or short essay Thumbs up to the Ossipee Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, now celebrating its 40th year. The membership recently celebrated this milestone with a special ride, ceremony and public supper. Like all snowmobile clubs, its members find camaraderie in […]

In order for our state to compete in the national and global economy, we need an educated workforce. More and more jobs require a college degree, but for too many Maine students, the cost of a college education is increasingly a cost they can’t afford. If we’re going to strengthen our workforce and increase access […]

Rick Snyder knows how the economy works. He was a top executive for the computer maker Gateway before heading a venture capital firm that invested in startup companies. For the last three years, he’s been governor of Michigan, and like many conservative Republicans who actually have to run something, he’s far more pragmatic than many […]

A bill before the Legislature this session would set a goal for the state of reaching 40 megawatts of solar energy development by 2016 and 200 megawatts by 2020. LD 1652, An Act To Support Solar Energy Development in Maine, aims to boost solar energy development in the state, and advocates say it will also […]

Government sometimes promises consumers that by paying higher prices now, they will pay lower prices later. The government gets into the market, but leaves all the risk to customers. It’s happening again, and this time the market involved is New England: The six New England states have agreed to ask federal regulators to allow the […]

Charles Dickens loved to write about prostitutes. They were never the main subjects of his work, but the more you delve into his novels, the more you realize how consistently he features them as side characters, usually covered in chimney soot and espousing the hard-boiled wisdom of the streets. One might expect that such denizens […]