To improve Maine’s tax structure, Democrats and Republicans can work together to address one of the state’s biggest problems: the property tax rate. They should put aside bills that have no political chance of passing to focus on improving what is already known to work well — partial property tax refunds through the circuit breaker […]

“Boost Brunswick” was the theme for the most recent Brunswick Downtown Association’s membership drive, as volunteers hit the streets to visit some 400 downtown-area businesses. Volunteers described the important benefits of membership and are encouraging nonmembers to become involved in an organization that has grown to more than 270 members — including retail, dining, lodging, […]

Just before the Iraq war, then- U.S. Sens. Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and many others on both sides, were screaming from the hilltops that Saddam Hussein had to go. The Iraqi leader had weapons of mass destruction, so said the United States, Russia, France, the U.K. and others. Then began the United Nations inspection […]

To the Editor: First came the results of a town study showing that Bowdoinham should do more to support its seniors. Then came the ideas for how Bowdoinham could become a more agingfriendly community. One of those first ideas was to establish a Senior Center that could become a focal point for seniors to gather, […]