When bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon last week, it ended the comfort zone we have been living in, somehow believing that what happened on 9/11 would not really happen again. This time it may not have been done by international terrorists. We still are not sure about the motivations for the attack. But it […]

It was 50 years ago this month ”“ April 10, 1963, to be exact ”“ when the U.S.S. Thresher submarine sank off the coast of Cape Cod. The vessel was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, and was recognized as the world’s most advanced fast attack submarine when it was commissioned in 1961, […]

“Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.” — Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” Once again, a malevolence has insinuated itself into the human experience, and once again, I turn to the natural world for solace and comfort. There’s no question that violence and discord exist among the creatures that call the woods, the […]

When terrorists exploded two bombs at the Boston Marathon last week, they sent shockwaves through the nation. The marathon is one of the most well-known running events in the United States, as nearly 30,000 runners each year descend on Boston to compete, and thousands more congregate in the city to watch the event annually on […]

Working for the citizens of Old Orchard Beach in Augusta is a task that I am really enjoying as we work though the thousands of bills that are submitted. It has been a busy month in the State & Local committee as we have worked on a few constitutional amendments, dealt with bills that affect […]

Thumbs up to the Old Orchard Beach Town Council’s decision to keep Interim Town Manager Robert Peabody on board rather than replace him with Assistant Town Manager V. Louise Reid after less than a month in the position. Peabody was hired as a temporary manager for the town on March 26, after the council fired […]

Lawmakers are still facing hundreds of bills before the scheduled mid-June adjournment.

Because almost every energy resource comes under attack, making energy policy seems to be impossible. Each time a new possibility is proposed, opponents appear and warn about the catastrophe it could cause. Take a look at the list of resources and what opponents say. Oil from the Middle East or Venezuela makes the United States […]

Earth Day is slated for Monday, April 22, and many people will mark it with events this weekend, from the cleanup of the nearby Scarborough Marsh to a paper shredding and recycling event in Biddeford. Climate change is the focus of Earth Day 2013, a movement that is now in its 43rd year, and it’s […]

The elver fishery is hot right now, and the high prices for these juvenile eels mean that the dealing is getting dirty. Maine is one of only two states in the union, along with South Carolina, where these tiny eels can be harvested. Their value has exploded in the past year, due to a worldwide […]