Voters in Regional School Unit 21 are facing a huge decision this month, of whether or not to approve $75 million worth of renovations to three of the district’s schools. Many of the upgrades are indisputably necessary, from the correction of the sinking building wings at Mildred L. Day School to the installation of new […]

Fifty years after the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health was released, about one in five Americans are still smokers. While that is certainly an improvement from nearly one in two people ”“ in 1964, the national smoking rate was 42 percent ”“ 20 percent is still way too high. When 60 million […]

Attention, class. Here’s today’s new word: “native advertising.” OK, that’s two words. But it’s one concept, and it has nothing to do with indigenous peoples. Rather, it’s a phrase sprung on us by the wonky wordsmiths of Internet media, who also refer to it as “brand content.” Translated, this means that these particular web pages […]

The socialist assault continues and the wonderful mind of man continues to rationalize destructive behavior to solve problems caused by big government control of all we do, in this case, health care. The reason that health care costs so much is because of government regulation mandating all sorts of bureaucratic feces that has nothing to […]

I read an article in which a parent said, “Even when your kids say they hear you, you know they don’t hear you. And if by chance they do hear you, they don’t do what you tell them.” Sounds like Congress. For years, Congress has not heard what the vast majority of voters were saying […]

Volunteer firefighters are the lifeblood of many communities’ fire protection services nationwide, and York County is no exception. The rural communities here have very few paid staff members ”“ in some cases, none ”“ and depend on trained residents to respond to emergency calls. In fact, Maine has one of the country’s highest percentages of […]

For the first time in years, I’ve got health insurance. Before now, my “insurance” was nothing more than exercise, a healthy diet and medicinal herbs. I’ve gotten insured through the Affordable Care Act without dealing with a buggy website because I live in California. Our state made its own website because our politicians are more […]

There was a lot to talk about when House Speaker John Boehner appeared before reporters recently for the first time since the holiday break. There are continuing fights over Obamacare. Immigration reform. Appropriations bills. The debt ceiling. The Democratic push for the president’s “inequality agenda.” Given all that, what did Boehner say in his brief […]