Maine needs a paid family and medical leave program If someone had told me that when I reached 72 I would be in this situation, I would not have believed it possible. Yet here I sit, pondering an uncertain future, fearful and depressed. In mid-November 2020, I contracted a terrible case of COVID-19. I knew […]

To succeed in musical theater, one must be able to sing, dance and act. Not many such performers also possess the ability to direct. And even fewer people who can sing, dance, act, and direct also have the leadership skills to oversee a superb regional theater. And how many among that rare breed possess the […]

On paper, it appears to be the kind of lopsided contest that even the Vegas bookies won’t take any action on – Representative Liz Cheney, a 54-year-old two term Congresswoman from Wyoming versus ex-president Donald Trump, a 74-year-old one-term billionaire president from Florida by way of Queens. At stake is the control of the national […]

Two bills currently before the Legislature would allow unenrolled voters to cast ballots in party primary elections – the so-called “open primary” system used, in one form or another, in some 36 states. One of them, LD 231, has a dynamic sponsor in Sen. Chloe Maxmin, a Democrat who defeated the previous Republican Senate leader […]

My recent trip to Florida was glorious for one simple reason: it was normal. You see, I had been hungering for a friendly social gathering for months – any gathering involving family, friends, business colleagues or old classmates would do. I had been hungering for the simple ability to freely assemble with my fellow humans, […]

In 2016, we renovated space at 66 Baribeau Drive in the Mid Coast Professional Building, bringing together both of our medical and dental services under one roof for the first time in our 25-year history. Our medical clinic had been located on the top floor of 66 Baribeau for several years. However, we had been […]