There’s a holiday this Thursday many women are looking forward to, yet conventional wisdom suggests an equal or greater number of men dread and/or actively resent it. Valentine’s Day was named for a third century Roman saint who might have died on Feb. 14 in the year 269, maybe. Since there were no reliable investigative […]

The world, recently bare and winter drab, is white again. Snow lies like seven-minute frosting on everything in great swirls, curling into eaves and porch corners and insinuating itself into the cracks around doors and windows. Blue jays sweep the snow aside with their beaks, desperate for a bit of corn or some other bit […]

Thumbs up to the proposal to hire a town manager in Lyman, a decision that could go to voters as soon as this June. While adding a position would certainly be a significant expense, it’s arguable that the town would save a substantial part of that salary on fewer lawsuits. It’s been a tough road […]

This could be the year for some real tax reform. The federal government needs to complete its reduction of the federal debt by a targeted $4 trillion over 10 years. Many state governments, which must have balanced budgets, face stubborn deficits. Tax reform should be part of the solution. Pure tax reform is meant to […]

It’s hard to find good help. This saying has been around for ages, and it’s had such staying power because it’s true. School superintendents are no exception to this rule. There’s a finite pool of people who have the experience and level of dedication necessary to oversee the operations of a school district ”“ not […]

Scams and identity theft are rampant in this age of the Internet. But one scam is still finding success using good old-fashioned phone calls to hook its victims. The so-called Jamaican lottery scam has been targeting the elderly in York County and beyond, and has led to a lot of heartache and devastation for those […]

“Road rage,” aside from being a potentially cool name for a rip-roarin’ Tarantino flick, is one of those phenomena that gets treated rather lightly; it’s become as commonplace as crushed beer cans at Ted Nugent’s house, and yet whenever people reference it in casual conversation, you can almost hear in their voices an offhand dismissal, […]

Efforts to improve the legislative process in the State of Maine are under way, with one improvement beginning this week and another still in bill format. Both are progressive, smart uses of technology that we hope are successful. The first is the Maine Capitol Connection channel, a new project of Maine Public Broadcasting that went […]

American businesses are constantly reviewing plans to keep their dreams alive. Owners and managers worry about how much they can get back for every dollar they spend investing in their business or providing goods or services for customers. But our federal government seems to think differently. Our federal deficit continues to grow, and now our […]

A slew of bills will soon begin working their way through committees in the state Legislature, to determine whether they will move forward or be killed. One bill that warrants support it that proposed by Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, which would include pets in protection from abuse orders. Currently, pets are included in final protection […]