Consider the children when you vote I care deeply about children, do you? I have been an educator for 40 years and have always served children, perhaps your children, and see that they need us right now. They need us to love them, care for them, teach them to care about other people, be role […]

As I drive down the street I grew up on, a quiet straight away that is frequented by more deer than joggers, I notice something more surprising than the new houses being built where dense woods once were. Political endorsement signs line the White Road like rebel flags, signaling safe spaces for one side or […]

Karma (noun): The sum of a person’s actions decide that person’s fate…The intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. And so it has happened. Trump testing positive for the coronavirus – four weeks before the election, no less – certainly looks like the ultimate October surprise. But when we consider […]

CMP has chance to make amends More than 500 days ago, Central Maine Power turned on the lights on the transmission towers crossing the Kennebec River at Chops Point. The severity of the disruption shocked residents and CMP officials. Clearly, something had to be done. The electric company said that they would install a radar […]

As voters watch the gyrations of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over Supreme Court nominees, one thing is clear: McConnell is calculating that his time as leader is running out. It’s about the only credible explanation for the whoppers McConnell has produced since just hours after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Consider: When McConnell […]

President Trump was his own worst enemy at last week’s big debate. As we’ve said here a dozen times, he still hasn’t learned when to shut up. He stepped on his own message dozens of times and interrupted Joe Biden so often and so quickly that Old Joe never had the chance to hang himself […]

“There is no bad weather. There are only bad clothes.” That famous Norwegian saying has a particular poignancy right now. In a state where there is plenty of “bad weather,” getting outside and being comfortable has always required proper outerwear. But now, as more people than ever try to move their gathering spaces outside due […]