Three employees of the railway company that was involved in the deadly runaway train disaster at Lac-Megantic in Quebec last summer, incinerating 47 people and destroying the majority of a vibrant small town, are finally going to face a judge. It took long enough. The completely preventable accident occurred about 10 months ago. And it’s […]

Once again we are hearing about a higher minimum wage. But, basic economics shows that raising the minimum wage is nothing but a feel-good Band- Aid on a festering problem. The strength of any wage is its buying power. In 1966, the minimum wage was $1.25 per hour. But gas was only 24.9 cents a […]

I write to support Ralph Tucker for the Democratic nomination in House District 50 — the eastern half of Brunswick — and urge registered Democrats to vote for him on Primary Day, Tuesday, June 10. Given that Tucker has lived in town for 37 years, raised three children here with his wife Nancy, served on […]

On May 6, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released its third National Climate Assessment report, outlining how global warming has already made an impact on the U.S. Then, this week, a frightening report based on behavior of some of Antarctica’s glaciers moved the probability of catastrophic sea level rise much closer. There’s always room […]

To the Editor: The VA has been caught with its pants down. Forty-plus veterans died while waiting up to 21 months to be seen by specialist doctors for various life threatening illness’ at the VAMC Phoenix, Arizona. More deaths are also reported at other VAMC’s nationwide. This is blatant mismanagement if not criminal under the […]