Oakdale Park near USM, which was heavily blanketed in snow just a short time ago, is now ablaze in beautiful color.
May 2018
Another View: Expelling troubled students won’t prevent violence
Research shows that the ‘see something, say something’ approach increases alienation when it’s applied to schools.
Michelle Singletary: Allowance alone won’t teach kids
You raise money-smart children by constantly engaging them in discussions about how to save and spend the money you give them.
Jim Fossel: Iran nuclear deal needed to be undone
Former President Obama had signed the agreement without the support of Congress.
Cynthia Dill: An ‘evolved’ Haspel has experience necessary to lead CIA
She admits her mistakes and says that she’s learned from them.
Commentary: A broken mental health system
Helping those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse will require empathy, commitment and funding from the public and private sectors.
Book review: In ‘Good and Gone,’ you won’t always like characters, but you’ll root for them
Megan Frazer Blakemore draws real, believable teens in her new YA novel.
A short gator tale
An avowed mystery reader becomes a mystery writer and wins the second Crime Wave Flash Fiction Contest.
Book review: The tortured genius of Robin Williams
Dave Itzkoff’s biography is an incisive, comprehensive, very fine book.
Deep Water: ‘Coming Again to the Woods’ by Deborah Cummins
Maine poems, edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.