The first three rounds of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament ended on Sunday night, and the first week of the tournament didn’t disappoint. There were blowouts, close games and upsets. There were controversial calls and players who made names for themselves. Most importantly, however, there were a lot of good college basketball […]

Thumbs up to the news that a pedestrian bridge ”“ planned to connect Biddeford and Saco over the Saco River ”“ will be constructed in 2014. It will replace an old, metal bridge, which is no longer in use. Most of the estimated $426,000 cost will be funded by the Maine Department of Transportation. The […]

Welcome to the new version of the American Dream. It may look the same as the old one ”“ personal prosperity and owning your own home ”“ but fewer people are likely to live it, and if they do, it will happen later in life. The transition Americans are undergoing is not merely recovery from […]

As Maine is seeking to update its hardware for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative ”“ which provides laptops to public middle school students and many high schoolers ”“ officials are hoping that other states will get on board, thereby reducing the price while increasing the technology options. The MLTI was the brainchild of then-Gov. Angus […]

It’s time for a law to address underage sexting. This phenomenon, made popular and possible by cellphone communication and camera technology, involves sending nude or partial nude photos of one’s self or others via smartphones. It’s disturbingly popular among many middle school and high school students, according to recent studies, and current law has not […]

I miss Mario. You know, the pudgy plumber with the mustache that looks like a barber’s comb. Maybe you don’t know, which means you either grew up prior to the video game era, or you have what we nerds like to call a “life.” To us, such a thing is a mythical concept, like Zeus, […]

Now that the new pope has been chosen, we can explore what his selection means for the future of the church, and for its members and supporters.  The pope will lead 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide, which includes about 75 million Catholics in America. There are also a lot of non-Catholics who may be excited by […]

Thanks to members of an adult reading group at McArthur Public Library, and Assistant Library Director Sally Leahy, a bookshelf full of books about Muslims and the Islamic religion and culture are now available at the Biddeford library. Book group members Diane Garriepy and Roseanne Cote told the Journal Tribune recently that their interest was […]

People hate them or love them, but either way, they can’t deny that what the Miami Heat and LeBron James are doing is incredible. The Heat, members of the National Basketball Association, overcame a 17-point deficit on Monday night and beat the Boston Celtics 105-103 to win their 23rd straight game. That streak is now […]

Greed is unquestionably the most harmful of humanity’s cardinal sins, particularly in the portion of the world that runs on the capitalist economic system. Two of the other “seven deadly sins,” gluttony and lust, are merely alternative forms of it. But if avarice is the most malignant of humanity’s seven most destructive failings, envy is […]