Your editorial on opting out of having one’s children vaccinated (“Our View: ‘Opt-out’ fallout includes Westbrook chicken pox outbreak,” May 18) is a reminder of a larger trend toward denying science. Science denial is not limited to any one ideological group. We have the climate deniers, who are mostly on the right, and we have […]
May 2018
Letter to the editor: Fossil fuel use robs next generation
Old-fashioned American innovation is needed to re-chart our course.
Dana Milbank:Government turning the United States into a banana republic
The clownish actions of lawmakers means no chance to pass legislation meaningful to the public.
Speaker Gideon: House Democrats will stay at the table, fight for hardworking Mainers
Gov. LePage – with House Republicans’ help – is using families, seniors, the disabled and the uninsured as a pawn in an attempt to roll back livable wages.
Wake Up Weather May 24, 2018
We’ll see sunny skies again today but temperatures will be cooler than yesterday. Summer heat returns on Friday.
Police charge man suspected of drag racing before Buxton crash
BUXTON — An Arundel man involved in a crash that Buxton police said may have been caused by drag racing has been charged with driving to endanger. Police say 26-year-old Brandon Buzynski was the driver of a Dodge Neon that was involved in a serious crash on Parker Farm Road. on Monday. After an interview […]
Devilishly Delicious Demos coming to Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Love a good pastry but terrified of the idea of making it yourself? The Kennebunk Free Library has the answer. At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, KFL trustee Jolene Staruch will teach you how easy it is to make your own puff pastry; how to fold and shape croissants, Napoleons, Straws, and Elephant […]
No constitutional equality proves we need the ERA
When this country was founded, women had no rights. As late as 2010, then-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in an interview that women still don’t. It wasn’t until 1971 that the court ruled women were covered under the 14th Amendment. A plethora of cases followed along two tracks: 14th Amendment equal protection and due […]
Altrusa of Biddeford/Saco serves meal at Bon Appetit
BIDDEFORD — Altrusa International of Biddeford/Saco prepared and served a buffet dinner meal for residents in the Biddeford community at Bon Appetit on Crescent Street in Biddeford on Wednesday May 16. The meal included homemade baked beans, hot dogs, American chop suey, homemade biscuits, coleslaw, cheese and crackers, and desserts. A total of 62 residents […]
Freeport Police Beat: May 24
Arrests 5/16 at 10:42 a.m. Paul A. Freeman Jr., 28, of Pinewood Drive, Topsham, was arrested on Main Street by Sgt. Paul Powers on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, theft by receiving stolen property and violating condition of release. Summonses 5/15 at 1:09 p.m. Jayson J. Forgues, 44, of Bragdon Road, was issued a […]
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