Over the years, Jennifer DeChant has made valuable and numerous contacts with businesses small and large in and around Bath, and is committed to understanding their problems and to fashioning steps to be taken in Augusta to make it easier to do business here. Her work at the Chocolate Church Arts Center has expanded her […]

I first met Peter Blachly a few years ago when he, as Executive Director of the Maine Alliance for Arts Education, assembled a number of people in the Bath area into a working group that looked for ways to better involve our community and our young people in the arts. I came away from that […]

“As Maine goes, so goes the nation?” Then, why are we the last state to allow bear trapping and other cruel methods for trophykilling (of) bears. ‘Harvesting’, some call it. We harvest pumpkins and wheat. We kill bears. Hunting is something, entirely, different. It requires skill, knowledge and pursuit of prey. There is no hunting […]

The two candidates for the District 5 school board seat are similar philosophically, but Jim Grant’s extensive experience makes him more qualified. Jim has held leadership positions on the local board and is a regional director on the Maine School Board Association (MSBA). He has served on many committees, including two building projects, which is […]

In the four years I’ve known Chris Johnson I’ve been impressed time and again by his hard work, his abilities to solve problems and get people to work together, and his keen interest in learning about new opportunities for Maine. One example of problem solving is the months that he worked when first elected to […]

I am writing in support of Shenna Bellows for U.S. Senate and Senator Eloise Vitelli for the Maine State Senate. Both Bellows and Vitelli are Democrats who, in marrow and bone, stand for the economic well being of all U.S. citizens, not just the wealthy few. Here are two facts to bring to the ballot […]

Question 1 is NOT an ANTI -HUNTING bill. Voting yes on the black bear referendum would end cruel and unjust hunting practices that have terrorized, crippled and killed bears by hounding, trapping, and baiting. Studies in states that have banned these methods indicate that black bears will reregulate their populations within five years. The MDIF&W […]

I am supporting Dan Harris for Brunswick Town Council in District 5. Dan’s experience in local government and in corporate law has prepared him for the complex tasks that face the Town Council. He examines and analyzes all information that is presented to him, until he is satisfied that he knows enough to act on […]

During this election I urge voters to consider Stan Gerzofsky’s unparalleled experience and impressive track record of serving Maine in the State Senate since 2008. As a current student, I not only focus on today’s issues, but on issues that will continue to be relevant to my generation and those thereafter, which undoubtedly include education. […]