If you could start your own business, what would it be? Doug Conant, 23, Livermore Falls “An Italian restaurant, just because my family grew me up with Italian food and I took culinary arts in high school.” Ron Cole, 71, Standish “A bookstore. The area needs a bookstore. But if I were to start a […]

The state hasn’t been able to spend all the money it earmarked as a supplement to the federal Medicare Part D drug insurance program – a surplus Democrats worry is a sign some people may not be getting the medications they need. Republicans say the federal drug benefit may be working better than predicted and […]

Reminder The Rebekahs will hold a yard sale July 15-16 at the Odd Fellows Hall from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may rent a table for $10 per day. To do so, call 892-6686 or 893-2430. There will also be a quilt sale in the hall. These quilts were all made by Marge Hansen. […]

Small businesses, large headaches Are you brave enough to start a business in Maine? If you’re like many who struggle just to understand their federal 1040 forms, probably not. Unfortunately, there are many in our state who have dumped the idea of starting their own business mostly out of fear of government, not fear of […]

Small businesses, large headaches Are you brave enough to start a business in Maine? If you’re like many who struggle just to understand their federal 1040 forms, probably not. Unfortunately, there are many in our state who have dumped the idea of starting their own business mostly out of fear of government, not fear of […]

I don’t buy the flawed calculations that say we live in the “highest taxed” state. Taxes paid in Maine are the highest relative to income, but that calculation includes the real estate taxes paid by wealthy out-of-staters and the sales taxes paid by the tourists. So since these non-residents don’t pay income tax to Maine, […]

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.” President Theodore Roosevelt Before I do a column on immigration I want to speak of my ancestry plus the fact that this is my last column. I will also speak of a portion of my military career […]

There are now more than 30,000 drivers on the road, who would have had their license suspended for failing to pay a traffic fine, but haven’t because the new computer system designed to track them has not worked right since it was installed in March of 2005. The scofflaws, who have received tickets for non-criminal […]

The Naples Public Library’s annual summer art sale is scheduled for this coming Saturday, July 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library. This year’s sale features more than 100 original watercolor paintings as well as some prints. The small matted original paintings are priced at $10 each. The larger paintings will be […]

One of the more eagerly awaited events of the summer in the Lakes Region is the bi-annual Naples Library Benefit House Tour. This year, the tour of 10 lovely homes in the town of Naples will be held on Thursday, July 27. If this year’s tour were said to have a “theme” it would have […]