How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

In the Feb. 16 story “2 sides of train shed debate gear up,” Robert Morrison of the Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition mischaracterized the recent fact-finding trip by the Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Transportation as “a ‘surprise sneak attack’ from layover facility proponents.” The trip was, in fact, a publiclynoticed meeting of the Transportation […]

Wow! Parents want the right to option their children out of school testing? That makes as much sense as selfishly opting out of measles immunization. Don’t we want to hold our government and educators accountable for educational quality? Don’t we want to hold our children accountable for obtaining some level of proficient education so they […]

This past week, the Secretary of State announced that the Clean Elections Initiative qualified for inclusion on the November ballot with over 18,000 signatures to spare. But for those of us who would like to see the end of dark money in our political process, our work is only half done. This second phase involves […]

Adam Knight believes in the future of the composites industry — so much so that he’s planning to make a career change from lobster fishing to composites manufacturing when he graduates from SMCC’s Composite Science & Manufacturing program. Knight became a believer in composites after hearing somebody explain the concept behind advanced composites materials and […]

The economy is sluggish but improving. President Barack Obama’s approval rating is mediocre but not disastrous. Memories of Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful presidential campaign are relatively fresh — not least because Romney popped up briefly to remind everyone of them. And the Republicans pondering a run for president in 2016 all seem to sense that they […]