Vote Horch I am writing to encourage the voters in district 49 (currently served by Mattie Daughtry) to elect Fred Horch as their next representative to the Maine House of Representatives. I have known Fred for many years and think of him as a great example of someone who lives his values and shows the […]

There is something magical about small things. While hooking a striper is certainly thrilling, scooping up a tiny shining fish with a hand net is exciting in a different way. You can put it in a bucket and look at it up close – its finely spined fins and smooth body. One of my favorite […]

The death toll from COVID-19 keeps rising, creating grief, fear, loss and confusion. Unfortunately for us all, the pain only begins there. Other important health policy news that would ordinarily make headlines is buried under the crushing weight of the coronavirus. Many have not had time to notice or understand the Trump administration’s efforts to […]

Delay in face-covering implementation a danger at BIW I am an employee at Bath Iron Works who has been reporting for work during the entirety of the COVID pandemic and labor union strike. I would like to extend appreciation to executive management for increasing sanitization efforts during this period and providing meals in efforts to […]

Thousands of baby chicks shipped to small poultry farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived at their destinations dead in recent weeks. This was just one of the disturbing results of changes to how the Postal Service operates, which have led to widespread delays in mail delivery and concerns among Democrats about the USPS’s […]

The L.L. Bean catalog, with all of its charming and colorful back-to-school backpacks, recently arrived on schedule to herald the annual return of students to the classroom. However, as we all know, this is no ordinary school year. Maine families and school communities are grappling with a host of complex and looming anxieties about the […]

Brunswick land should be protected Protecting the portion of the Brunswick Landing currently being considered for commercial development is certainly an opportunity worth fighting for. This parcel offers the chance to not only complete the Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail, but also to create interconnectivity between trails in The Brunswick Town Commons and the Kate Furbish […]

As the joke has it, nine months from the start of the pandemic – right around January 2021 – we’ll experience a baby boom. After all, some activities are better suited to sheltered lifestyles than others. But while the gestation period has months remaining, pandemic garden propagation is now upon us. Enforced free time is […]

In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband, founding father John Adams, about the American Colonies’ efforts to declare independence and create for themselves a more fair form of government. “And, by the way,” she famously wrote, “in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I […]