Don’t Repeal AMA (Obamacare), replace it. With what? How about something that would really save us a boatload of money on healthcare, an extension so all would be covered under medicare. If you like this idea drop a note to your congressional representative and both senators King and Collins. The AMA was a great start […]

Given the budget constraints as Brunswick plans for a new school, officials should reconsider the proposed location for it. Brunswick has lost several taxable properties, thanks to some questionable decisions by past town council members so it would help everyone to increase the tax base. Since the Jordan Acres site is in the middle of […]

This is a campaign year full of political promises. The economy will be an issue, though it’s loaded with common, though dubious, beliefs. To start, it is true that the economy is better than during the recession. Employment has largely recovered. In Maine, the Portland/ South Portland jobless rate is 3.1 percent, an impressive level […]

Today is Friday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2016. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established […]

Will Rogers (1879-1935) once popular cowboy, newspaper columnist, humorist and actor, famously said: “All I know is what I read in the newspapers.” Like Rogers, all I know about the Good Will-Hinckley squabble between the governor and the speaker is what I read in the newspapers. And from what I’ve read thus far, Eves’ suit […]

Well, we’re off and running — or stumbling — on our New Year’s Resolutions. You know the drill: eat less, exercise more; be kinder to (fill in the blank); learn to say “No” (or “Yes,” depending on your own proclivity); prepare for the future (or, in the case of us older folks, live for the […]

At 4:30 one recent morning, a dense fog lies heavily on Midcoast Maine. It’s close to the winter solstice, I am driving through a tunnel of fog, able to see no more than that carved out of the darkness by my car’s headlights. There are exactly no cars encountered in the seven-mile journey to Bath, […]

Southern Maine Community College students are giving back to the community in ways big and small. During the Fall Semester, Samantha Dean and other students from our Midcoast Campus served lunch at the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program soup kitchen in Brunswick as part of their Introduction to Human Services class. The experience so impressed […]

Here in Maine, most of us appreciate clean air and clean water and place high value on our outdoorsyway of life. We understand, without question, that the health of our families, our economy and our natural environment are inextricably linked. And that’s undoubtedly why Mainers have a long history of electing representatives like U.S. Sens. […]