They call me Mr. Lucky Nominations are now open for the 2008 award for most politically inept person in Maine. Try to be somewhat original with your vote. If everybody casts a ballot for Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, this isn’t going to be any fun. Also, no group nominations. I can appreciate the logic of […]

They call me Mr. Lucky Nominations are now open for the 2008 award for most politically inept person in Maine. Try to be somewhat original with your vote. If everybody casts a ballot for Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, this isn’t going to be any fun. Also, no group nominations. I can appreciate the logic of […]

More than 70 years after it began, the Casco Days festival returns from July 24-26 for three days of activities and entertainment. The festival, which benefits the Casco Fire Association, will kick off with fireworks Thursday, July 24 at 9:30 p.m. The following evening will feature a children’s parade and German band concert while on […]

Sex, deception and blackmail take center stage in court documents related to the indictments of Bradford Howard and Glen Works, both former correctional officers at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. In an affidavit filed in Cumberland County Superior Court, investigator Peter Herring alleges that Howard, 36, of Lyman, had sex with a female prisoner […]

The July 6 accident that killed Gray resident Rochelle Plummer, 43, also injured six others after the motorcyclists tried to avoid colliding with a van driven by James Giberson, 29, of Sebago. According to Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion, Giberson was making a legal left turn and he has not been cited for any violations. […]

My critics often complain that, rather than engaging in the complex process of finding solutions to the state’s problems, I prefer the easier route of wallowing in insults, smear tactics, bathroom humor and innuendo. These complaints often come from people who are mentally warped, morally twisted, flatulent and suspected of appearing in crack-smoking videos with […]

VIPS honored The Greater Portland Council of Governments presented its Recognition Award June 19 to the town of Standish and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department to honor the Volunteers in Police Service program. The Standish program was started last year by the sheriff’s office and is run by Deputy Paul Pettengill, a community policing officer, […]

Changes to sex offender registry overdue News that Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Cumberland, is at work with the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee to revamp Maine’s Sexual Offender Registry is welcome because Diamond and the committee are seeking to create a tier system to list and evaluate registered offenders. That is the best approach […]

Weather words of the week: Doppler radar: A radar that determines the velocity of falling precipitation either falling toward or away from the radar unit by taking into account the doppler shift. Friday: Sunny with a 0 percent chance of precipitation. High: 78 Low: 56 Saturday: Mostly sunny with a 0 percent chance of precipitation. […]

Weather words of the week: Doppler radar: A radar that determines the velocity of falling precipitation either falling toward or away from the radar unit by taking into account the doppler shift. Friday: Sunny with a 0 percent chance of precipitation. High: 78 Low: 56 Saturday: Mostly sunny with a 0 percent chance of precipitation. […]