Sometimes people make sacrifices that won’t benefit themselves, or even their own generations, but generations yet to be born. They do it at sometimes a heartbreaking price — loss of life, health, livelihood. And even though they may never know the outcome of their sacrifice, they do it anyway. Because it’s the right thing to […]

It’s that time of year when people make their New Year’s resolutions. Mine take the form of wishes and hopes focused on how to make Southern Maine Community College the best it can be. Here’s my New Year’s wish list in no particular order for 2015: 1) May SMCC continue to maintain academic integrity of […]

Most people, as they approach the New Year, are usually hopeful of having new and improved opportunities as the year dawns. I agree this is desirable, but I cannot help but have some serious doubts and questions as it approaches us. This basically contradicts my usual outlook, which is generally a positive one. I shall […]

More than 1,000 Brunswick taxpayers, parents, teachers and students are actively questioning the School Board’s decision to move 5th graders to the junior high. The projected overcrowding for 2014 is only 50 students. If the unmerited reconfiguration is implemented it will come at a large expense to taxpayers, unnecessarily burden our teachers and potentially place […]