So I parallel parked last week. Successfully. This is notable because it’s the first time I’ve done so since passing my license test in 1998. I wasn’t prepared for the sense of pride and elation I felt ”“ but that all came crashing down when I realized the last time I did this, I had […]

Will the next chapter in the fiscal cliff saga be successful or not? It will depend on promises made on spending cuts to government entitlement and grant programs, including community and business project funding that needs to be eliminated or cut back, in order to payoff the $16 trillion deficit. The only way to reduce […]

Maine is facing a serious revenue gap this year and into the foreseeable future, but instead of addressing the problem, our Legislature is bickering over a cameraman. The Democratic Party hired a “tracker” cameraman months ago to record all of Gov. Paul LePage’s public events. According to LePage, he didn’t complain about the camera until […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that it plans to purchase $16 million worth of wild blueberries for federal food programs, according to U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine. The purchase comes at the request of the Maine Wild Blueberry Commission and the urging of Congressman Michaud. The commission asked the USDA to purchase […]

The chiaroscuro effect is seen here recently as the rising sunlight illuminates one side of a tree trunk. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)

The pond is still as a mirror, with not so much as the tiniest ripple disturbing its glassy surface. Trees and buildings on the farther shores are mirrored perfectly, their reflections beginning where the actual objects end but for the slim streak of shoreline visible from this distance. Here, the view is toward the south […]

Hockey in York County is one of the most popular of winter sports, especially in this area where championship titles abound. The county has produced several state champions in the past five years with the Biddeford Tigers and Thornton Academy Trojans. It has even produced a professional hockey player in the American Hockey League’s Brian […]

Eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America have until Dec. 31 to vote for as many as 10 of the 37 candidates on this year’s ballot for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. For election, a player’s name needs to appear on at least 75 percent of all ballots […]

Thumbs up to the long-awaited demolition of the house at 56 South St., which took place last Thursday. The city purchased the blighted property earlier this year, and we’re glad to see it come down. Hopefully, the details of the purchase of the abutting home at 58 South St., owned by convicted murderer Rory Holland, […]

It’s time for public policy to catch up with science, and President Barack Obama will soon have a chance to help make that happen. Later this month, on Dec. 14, he’ll be presented with the newly proposed air quality standards on soot from the Environmental Protection Agency. Soot encompasses all microscopic particles such as metals, […]