With the days of late fall becoming shorter and colder, it’s time to be prepared for the cold and storms that lie ahead. Houses and vehicles ”“ and closets, drawers and pantries ”“ need attention before the uncertainty of December arrives. Even November can bring harsh conditions, so it was good to see the Maine […]

We’re not going to revisit or recommendations ”“ that  opportunity has passed. Our only goal at this moment is to persuade those who have not yet voted to join in today’s civic exercise. There are important decisions to be made. Key elections are underway in Biddeford and Saco. In Biddeford, there is a four-way race […]

Thumbs up to Howe and Howe Technologies, designers and manufacturers of the Ripsaw and other ground vehicles, for their recent decision to move to Waterboro. The company, homegrown in a North Berwick garage by twins Geoff and Michael Howe, moved to Eliot in 2006. With military and private contracts pouring in, the owners sought a […]

Will it turn out that Harry Reid is another Master of the Senate, able to pass controversial legislation by calling in favors and twisting arms? The Senate majority leader is now at center stage on health care reform and he has used his authority to propose making a public option part of health care reform. […]

A citizens’ initiative on this year’s state ballot seeks to make marijuana more readily available to seriously ill persons. Question 5 envisions nonprofit marijuana dispensaries, where patients who would benefit from marijuana’s medicinal properties could purchase the controlled substance. There is a good argument for such a system: Maine doctors can currently prescribe pot to […]

Since last weekend, swine flu has been officially designated a national emergency.  The administration is determined not to be caught  be surprise by a virus that’s potentially dangerous. The wave of H1N1 is already building in Maine and much of the rest of the nation. For many of us, the outbreak still seems a bit […]

Voters face many important choices on the Nov. 3 ballot, and one of them is the proposal to extensively renovate and improve Biddeford High School. The Journal Tribune’s editorial board has been split on this question. In August, the  newspaper noted the $34 million cost of the proposed improvements, and suggested a phased approach to […]

Thumbs up to Maine Energy’s decision to eventually move its processing out of Biddeford, thereby eliminating most of the smell and traffic that have made up the core of complaints against the trash incinerator ”“ or so it is hoped. Much is left to work out, including deciding which municipality will accept a processing facility, […]

Wells voters will face an important decision on Nov. 3 ”“ whether to enact a town-sponsored ordinance regulating commercial water extraction. There has been a long-running argument over this proposal, but both sides share the goal of protecting the town’s abundant, clean groundwater. We believe voting Yes on Question 1 would be a good first […]

It’s easy to understand the resentment that lingers for Maine’s School District Consolidation Law. From the start, its directives and penalties made clear to local boards and educators that local interests wouldn’t count for much. But as it turned out, local initiative does count for something, and, one way or another, York County communities have […]