Thank You from Georgetown Central Dear Bath Farmer’s Market, Patrons and Community Members, I wanted to take this moment and say a special thank you to everyone for supporting the Thanksgiving Basket Project for our students at Georgetown Central School and our community at large. The generosity of everyone involved was overpowering, and during these […]

To know things as they are is better than to believe things as they seem. — Tom Wicker (1926-2011)

Just before the election I managed some time off work for an impromptu road trip up Route 1 to Lubec. The timing couldn’t have been better. The weather throughout was perfect. Fall was in full display. Foliage was at peak performance. Vacationland was pleasantly free of vacationers, more and more so as my own modest […]

Maine GOP Chairman Rick Bennett released the following statement in response to the dismissal of the appeal of Speaker Mark Eves’ political lawsuit against Governor Paul LePage. “From the beginning, we have stood with Governor LePage as he courageously said ‘enough is enough’ to insider cronyism among liberals in Augusta. Yesterday, a court has once […]

Get ready for a tax increase. It will be a big one. We just don’t know when it will happen. The problem is the federal debt. The government owes lenders outside of the government itself, the so-called “debt owed to the public,” about $14 trillion. If Presidentelect Donald Trump follows through on his proposals and […]

If any man deserves the title, “Maine’s Mr. Football” it would be Howie Vandersea of Brunswick. Consider the evidence: First of all, Howie was a fine football player. He played three sports (football, basketball, baseball) in high school in Whitinville, Massachusetts, and then went on to play football and baseball at Bates College. At Bates […]

Well, that was interesting … Donald Trump came to lunch at The New York Times. You can find all the highlights on the news pages, but since I had the opportunity to be included, let me offer a few impressions of my first close encounter with Trump since he declared for the presidency. The most […]