It has been a heavy few weeks for our state as we mourn the loss of fellow Mainers. It is so hard to wrap our heads around the fact that a mass shooting recently took place here, in the tight-knit community of Bowdoin. A grotesque act of violence devastated the town and left communities around […]

Chloe Garcia was a bundle of energy right from Day One, according to her mother Ruby Cardenas. Non-stop. Go, go, go. She would bounce in her baby bouncer for hours until she fell asleep. Ruby got Chloe into T-ball softball at age 5 to help channel her energy. Chloe was also a fighter. When her […]

People from the blue states are flooding into the red states. That may be the impression left by alarmist reports of people leaving Democratic states in the North for Republican states in the South and West. If true, that could mean growth in the population supporting Trump Republicanism and the decline of liberal Democratic states. […]

As Sheriff of Sagadahoc County, I often speak to community and state organizations about the challenges we face in law enforcement. Recently, I spoke to the Maine Legislature’s Children’s Caucus, only this time I talked about programs that help prevent crime, instead of the aftermath of criminal activity. I represented Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, […]