This year’s Labor Day Holiday should be a time for reflection about the conditions of working people and our economy at the household, community, state and national level. This past June I retired from Bath Iron Works after a 47-year career, all of it spent as a union member. June also marked the 80th anniversary […]

Contrary to columnist, veterans serve all Americans I read the article written by guest columnist Christine Flowers on Aug. 31 (“Tragedy in Afghanistan is a call to action”). As I was reading her column, I was wrapped in my sense of patriotism and reminded of the reason I initially joined the Army and eventually retired […]

Bowdoinham is incredibly fortunate to have Hutson Hayward running to be our new school board representative. Mr. Hayward is the father of two young children, one in 2nd grade and the other in preschool. Our school board does an excellent job, but needs more parents of young children, like Mr. Hayward. They are most deeply […]

After a long, eventful and strange summer, Labor Day has arrived – an unexpected island of stability in the waning days of the pandemic. When the economy cratered in March 2020, no one knew what to expect. We’d had many recessions, but nothing to match the Great Depression of the 1930s, which shook Americans’ confidence […]

I face a huge responsibility this Labor Day weekend: I’ve been tasked with making my mother’s sacred potato salad recipe. According to “All About Potatoes,” it is widely believed that Germany is where the American version of potato salad originated. The potato, which is native to South America, was brought by explorers to Europe in […]