When I open up my Internet browser, eager to waste large chunks of my life watching YouTube videos of cats being surprised by things, the first site that fills my screen is the homepage for Yahoo. I have no earthly idea why. Yahoo is a terrible site. It’s the kind of site I would direct […]

The Maine House and Senate have both given initial approval to Biddeford Rep. and Mayor Alan Casavant’s bill that would allow school boards to decide whether a superintendent must live within the school district. We were in favor of rescinding the residency requirement when the City of Biddeford proposed charter changes to the voters last […]

In the immediate aftermath of the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon Monday, there was a viral post going around the Internet community, quoting Mr. (Fred) Rogers: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ”˜Look for the helpers. You will always find […]

A squirrel and a red-bellied woodpecker share the bounty on Rachel Lovejoy’s front porch in Lyman. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)

What says April more than baseball and Haiku? April is National Keep America Beautiful Month, International Guitar Month, National Welding Month and Stress Awareness Month. It’s also National Poetry Month, which probably explains why tomorrow, April 17, is National Haiku Writing Day. Those preoccupied with managing stress, keeping America beautiful, and/or strumming their just-welded guitars […]

What a difference a year can make. Last year at this time, fans of the Boston Red Sox were watching the beginnings of a team that would eventually finish with one of its worst records ever. That team was led by the eccentric Bobby Valentine as manager, whose comments were as baffling as his in-game […]

Now, let me preface this by mentioning that I am fully aware of what a scourge squirrels can be to homeowners and of their somewhat repugnant status as members of the rodent family. But considering that I no longer belong to that particular socio-economic group ”“ homeowners, not rodents ”“ I can now better appreciate, […]

Thumbs up to the long-awaited demolition of the Rory Holland house at 58 South St. The city had undertaken a lengthy process to get to this point, and we’re glad to see that the neighborhood will finally have closure on the murders that happened there in 2009. With the house gone and the property set […]

When you ask most people what they would like to see Maine’s Legislature do, most of them respond the same way: Work together to improve our economy. This is my primary focus during our current legislative session. In this column, I would like to update you on our progress. When John Fitzsimmons, the president of […]

When it comes to trying to reduce federal government spending, the biggest issue is the ever-increasing cost of Medicare and Medicaid, the two largest government health care programs. Recently, President Barack Obama proposed reducing payments to health care providers and increasing copayments for wealthier recipients. But a lot more reform is needed.  Obama and some […]