Student loan debt isn’t just a personal finance issue anymore; some financial experts are saying it’s the next debt bubble. Those experts say it has risen to a level similar to the housing mortgage debt crisis that led us into the Great Recession in 2009. That makes it a nationwide issue that is having an […]

The oak leaves continue to fall, opening more and more the view across the pond. Each day, it changes, with each moment revealing just a bit more blue and a little less rusty brown, more of the small island across the way and its pine spires, more of the farther shores and their reedy coves. […]

Conspiracy theorists have long had an obsession with the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. And with the 50th anniversary of the tragic events of Dallas a little over a week away, the country is currently being inundated by anything and everything having to do with the 35th president, but most specifically with speculation regarding […]

High school football is special to many communities throughout the state, but for two York County towns, it’s becoming all the more important as state championship time nears. During the weekend, the Thornton Academy Golden Trojans and the Kennebunk Rams both won their playoff football games, advancing to their respective class regional finals scheduled for […]

We have a young friend who ran the Young Republicans during her college years and now works for a GOP consulting firm. She’s a loyal party member, but she has a problem. She’s from New York ”“ her father and grandfather were both New York City cops ”“ and she feels increasingly alienated from a […]

Thumbs up to all of our veterans and all those who took part in and helped organize events to mark Veterans Day, either today or over the weekend. This holiday is a time to honor those who have served in our armed forces, including those who are serving now, and an opportunity to say thank […]

This newspaper shares a birth year with the facility that provides water for the Biddeford-Saco area: 1884. And while a newspaper’s advanced age adds to its prestige and standing in the community, that’s not quite the case for a 127-year-old drinking water treatment plant. Anyone turning on the tap at home to get a glass […]

Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, believes that the threat of terrorism is so great that his agency can invade the traditional American personal right to privacy. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican and one of the authors of the Patriot Act, used by Gen. Alexander as the basis for his […]

Kate Chase would have a tough time of things nowadays. Of course, she’s been dead for more than 100 years, so she’s got nothing to worry about. Kate was the daughter of Salmon Chase, who, despite his name, was not a fish. Ol’ Sal was a U.S. senator from Ohio, treasury secretary under Lincoln, and […]

Voters in Portland this week legalized marijuana possession, but that doesn’t mean residents there can do so without legal consequences. Although voters passed the law, which allows people 21 and over to possess up to 2 1/2 ounces of pot, it does not override state and federal law, which still says possession of marijuana is […]