Let’s play Jeopardy. Answer: Clean out the basement. Question: What should you do if you’re confined to your house and you plan to move to a retirement home in the not-too-distant future? I began to clean out my basement office earlier this year, a daunting task given the tons of paper I’d amassed after having […]

It’s 3 a.m. and I am awake again, like so many other anxious health care workers around the world. Despite the global social isolation and distancing, I do not feel alone. In the last two months, I have suffered from insomnia, waking up every 1-2 hours. I glance at the clock and try to will […]

Many people around the state are creating ways to support local farmers and fishermen during the current health crisis. Farmers have switched to grab and go pre-packed bags or home deliveries of ordered supplies, but are trying to keep up with the growing harvest as spring advances. Fishermen, too, are looking at the season where […]

The hundreds and hundreds of Donald Trump’s lies and distortions of the truth and his utter lack of leadership are coming home to roost in the deadly spread of a novel virus he ignored for far too long. Trump’s repeated denial, downplaying, now indecisive leadership over the last three months have wreaked grave havoc on […]

Students at the University of Florida who want to know how they are being protected from the COVID-19 pandemic can’t find out. The university is hiding its emergency response plan under a legal loophole intended to keep terrorists and enemy combatants – not viruses – from exploiting government weaknesses. Since the spread of coronavirus accelerated […]

On behalf of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Maine’s business community appreciated Maine Children’s Alliance board member Michael Cormier’s recent column encouraging all Mainers to complete the U.S. Census. Every one of us needs to be counted to accurately determine the amount of funding Maine receives each year from the federal government for a […]

You’re stuck home with your kids and feeling sorry for yourself. How are you going to keep them busy? What about their school work? I’ve got a better story – stuck at home with 16-year old triplets. Beat that. Anyone? Anyone? That’s what I thought. Last week, as I was lamenting our collective plight I […]

This is hard guys. This is likely one of the most difficult times we are going to live through. Ever. We’re scared for our health or the health of a loved one, we are watching our livelihoods wash away from us in a matter of days-sometimes hours. Life as we know it has changed forever […]

For many of us, the days since COVID-19 entered Maine have felt like an alternate reality. There is a certain surrealness that comes through when you take a step back and really grapple with the magnitude of the challenge before us.  Just a couple short months ago, it was difficult to imagine so many businesses […]

Since Maine’s first case of COVID-19 was announced on March 12, people across our state have sprung into action. Our community has quickly adapted to protect public health, from temporarily closing schools and businesses to moving to work from home, practicing social distancing and more. I am truly grateful for the support and consideration we […]