Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked Monday by breakfasts, speakers and ceremonies around the state and around the country. And while many marked the day off from school or work to sleep in or enjoy a day outdoors, a generous few spent the day giving back. First Parish Congregational Church in Saco hosted its […]

What will President Barak Obama’s national agenda be for the next four years, and will it be successful? As the president starts his second term, we can see that taxes did not go down for the middle class, even as they were raised for the wealthy. Gas prices, which were below $2 a gallon is […]

There aren’t too many people looking to purchase a mansion nowadays. And while that’s bad news for the bank that holds the mortgage on the Goodall mansion in Sanford, it could be good news for the city, in the long run. The mansion, which has great historic significance, was put up for auction earlier this […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Halberstam wrote more than a score of outstanding books on a variety of subjects, which included Vietnam, where he served as a correspondent for the New York Times; the Civil Rights movement, which he covered for two daily newspapers in the south when he was in his 20s; and America in […]

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” — John Muir The sun rises today and smiles upon a snow-covered pond and frosted tree boughs. The process rarely changes and is always somewhat predictable. First the storm, when […]

When the world last week learned the heart-wrenching stories of Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o’s girlfriend were a hoax, most followers of the narrative were shocked, upset, outraged and confused. After all, since this past autumn, many sports fans watched news reports about Te’o and his football exploits that included touching stories of his […]

Thumbs up and congratulations to the Sanford Springvale Rotary Club on its 90th anniversary. Club members celebrated the founding earlier this month with a celebration at the Town Club in Sanford, where the group has been meeting for many years. Rotary does a lot of important work worldwide, and the local club has, in recent […]

WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Georgia Dome TELEVISION: FOX SERIES RECORD: 49ers lead 44-29-1 LAST MEETING: Falcons beat 49ers 16-14 on Oct. 3, 2010. LAST WEEK: 49ers beat Packers 45-31; Falcons beat Seahawks 30-28 49ERS OFFENSE: Overall — 11, rush — 4, pass — 23 49ERS DEFENSE: Overall — 3, rush — 4, pass — […]

Maine Gov. Paul LePage refuses to meet with the newly elected president of the Senate or the speaker of the House. He’s a Republican, and they are Democrats. It is a one-sided war, because the Democrats have even offered to take LePage out to dinner. He refuses any of their efforts to talk, ostensibly because […]

While it’s commendable that the governor is working to pay off the state’s hospital debt, his proposal to eliminate revenue sharing with municipalities for the next two years would be devastating to communities and their taxpayers. Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed $6.3 billion biennial budget eliminates revenue sharing, for taxes like excise, which are shared between […]