The recent accident that resulted in the death of a man who was riding his bicycle with his family has shed new light on the issue of people with multiple convictions of operating under the influence. David P. Labonte, 56, of 41 Cathedral Oaks Drive in Biddeford, has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated operation […]

TSA stole my shaving cream. Maybe that elicits chuckles from the more travel-tested veterans of the airways, and maybe I deserve it. I was, after all, foolishly trying to sneak a canister of Edge Pro Gel onto my flight, which violates the first rule of air travel: No fluids, no almost-fluids, and nothing that hangs […]

It seems Democrats and Republicans have finally found something they can agree on: We’re losing the war on drugs. Mandatory minimum prison sentences instituted in the 1980s have led to severely crowded jails, with federal prisons operating at nearly 40 percent above capacity, according to Associated Press reports. Those prisons are holding more than 219,000 […]

The former Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic church on Cutts Avenue in Saco has been up for sale since 2009, and we’re glad to see the City of Saco is making moves to purchase this strategic downtown property. The city is proposing to purchase the church and rectory building for a sum of about $400,000, […]

America’s small towns need to take actions that can give hope to their local retailers for their future survival. A town can offer incentives to people to come into the town and shop there. One positive and inexpensive action a town could take would be to set up charging stations for hybrid electric vehicles. Hybrid […]

The Emerson School property will soon be transferred back to the City of Sanford, since students will no longer attend classes within its walls. The school, named for essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a home to students since it was constructed in 1901 until its doors closed for good in June. It was […]

Sitting quietly on my deck one recent, sunny afternoon, I noticed a very small movement along the edge of the railing. Upon close inspection, I saw that it was some type of dragonfly with what seemed to be purple wings and a purple head. Its size made it impossible to see clearly from where I […]

This past weekend, hundreds of bicyclists converged on the University of New England’s Biddeford campus to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis through the Bike MS: Great Maine Getaway. Riders who participated should be applauded for taking on the task of riding either 25, 50, 100 or 150 miles on either Saturday or Sunday to […]

In 1969, classes at Helen Keller Middle School didn’t conclude until 3:36 p.m., post-season baseball games were played far more rapidly than today’s prime-time, endless-commercial-breaks-between-half-innings snoozers are, and my home was a 10-minute, all-out sprint from the school. Live, post-season telecasts of World Series games began promptly at 1 p.m. back then, which explains why […]

A violet dancer damselfly takes a break from foraging on a porch railing. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)