Thumbs up to the ShuttleBus-Zoom for making a change to its route to better accommodate elderly riders. Elisabeth Herold, executive director of The Pines, a not-for-profit senior housing facility in Ocean Park, told officials at the transportation agency that the trip can be difficult for senior citizens and those with disabilities, especially if they are […]

Several trade agreements were sent to Congress recently, and President Barack Obama said the deals would make it easier for U.S. companies to sell their products overseas, but trade agreements in the past have allowed U.S. companies to outsource jobs and realize higher profits due to the low labor costs found outside of this country. […]

The burlesque show that is college football has gone about as far as it can go. Each fall it arrives clothed in garments of academic integrity (the players are scholar-athletes, don’t you know) only to peel them off one at a time as the year goes on. This year, the show has arrived on the […]

The Portland International Jetport celebrated the opening of its new $75 million, 140,000-square-foot, energy efficient terminal expansion this past weekend. This expansion is much needed and welcomed by the staff and passengers who use the jetport. Portland International Jetport Director Paul Bradbury was joined by federal, state and local government officials to cut a giant […]

Taking a “time-out” from protecting the environment and American consumers doesn’t seem like a good idea. Yet, that’s what Sen. Susan Collins is proposing we do, in an effort to boost the economy during this downturn. Collins recently visited Sanford to promote her one-year “time-out” plan, saying that businesses should not have to deal with […]

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. — Stanley Horowitz Once again, the seasons culminate in a time of shorter days and a gathering in. Around me, the woods are changing into their fall attire, one garment at a time. A gold leaf here, […]

The Eastern Trail celebrated a major milestone last week with the opening of a new bridge over I-95. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to mark the occasion with trail officials, community members, and students and staff from the nearby Kennebunk Elementary School. The bridge is a part of the Eastern Trail’s 387-mile-long section in […]

Fans of the Boston Red Sox may be feeling like the bad times have returned. The boys from Beantown last week capped the biggest collapse in baseball history as they put the finishing touches on blowing a nine-game American League wild card lead to the Tampa Bay Rays. The fall was the product of going […]

Death penalty opponents passionately believe capital punishment is nothing more than state-sponsored murder, the moral equivalent of two wrongs making a right. And they have plenty of good reasons to hold that opinion. Numerous published studies show that capital punishment not only fails to deter crime, it can actually have the opposite effect. There are […]

Thumbs up to those who were willing to open their homes for the Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, which was sponsored by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. These people, who have already invested significant sums of money to upgrade their homes’ energy efficiency, are helping to educate others to do the same. By showing […]