The Sanford School Committee is scheduled to decide whether the mascot name “Redskins” will be retired May 7. It is important that the committee retire the mascot, but this is also an opportunity to educate the public and students on why the term is offensive and why it has no place in our modern day […]

The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, is still a mystery to most Americans. Even many well-informed people do not know what it requires and what it offers, except for the mandate to have health insurance coverage. Attorneys on both sides of the issue argued last week in front of the Supreme Court about […]

The recent proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency, which would alter the Clean Air Act to place limits on carbon emissions from new power plants, is a step in the right direction in protecting the quality of our air. The standard, which would apply only to new power plants, would limit fossil-fuel-fired power plants to […]

As Biddeford bid the crew of the USS San Juan submarine farewell, Sanford welcomed the members of the USS Miami’s crew to their community last week, and hopefully, residents will continue to embrace these service members for the next year and a half. The USS Miami arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for an overhaul March […]

After work today, I headed in another direction away from the place I now call home and was rewarded tenfold for the effort. What I had originally thought was merely a park, with benches and picnic tables overlooking a pond, proved to be so much more. Upon arriving, I parked the car and started walking […]

What’s the most powerful driver of social change? Societal change is inevitable; that much is certain. But what precipitates it and how rapidly it comes about depend on a variety of factors. The dominant influence behind the ultimately successful drive to legalize casino gambling in Maine was money or, more specifically, the relentless pursuit of […]

Thursday marks the start of one of golf’s most important tournaments, the Masters. Many golfers and golf enthusiasts consider this event to be the most prestigious tournament in all of golf. After all, the winner gets the classic green jacket, which is handed to them from the previous year’s victor. Every blade of grass is […]

Thumbs up to the new trash disposal plan currently under consideration in Sanford. The program, called More-In-Return, is a concept similar to our bottle deposit system: Pay upfront and get your money back later. Those who use the average amount of bags or fewer will get all their money back, while those who use more […]

We feel fairly safe in America today, knowing that federal regulators oversee our food, medication, modes of transportation and even the safety of our workplaces. Lots of regulations are in place to ensure our safety nearly every step of the way, and most of us assume that the products we’re sold in our own country […]

Safety at an airport is paramount, but in Biddeford, it’s being set aside due to politics. The city has been told by the Federal Aviation Administration that the Biddeford Municipal Airport is in need of significant safety improvements ”“ such as installation of lights, tree cutting and runway repairs. And even though the cost of […]