The race for choosing a Democratic candidate to run in this fall’s gubernatorial showdown is approaching the finish line. Seven contenders still vie for a first-place majority win by means of Maine’s, and the nation’s, first use of a ranked-choice primary election system. Adam Cote has the largest war chest by far and rapidly increasing […]

Re-elect McCreight We hope that on June 12th all Harpswell, West Bath and East Brunswick residents will go to the polls and re-elect Jay McCreight for another term. Despite the divisiveness and stonewalling from the House Republicans and the governor, Jay works very hard to represent her constituents and whenever we have had a question […]

In 1578, the Christian catacombs of ancient Rome were accidentally discovered by workers digging in a vineyard along the Via Salaria. In 1669, English diarist Samuel Pepys wrote the final entry of his journal, blaming his failing eyesight for his inability to continue. In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright […]

I can’t imagine such a thing happening today: In the early 1970s, when I was 9, my family left my sister Mary behind at the drive-in theater. Allow me to explain, but you’ll have to read my humorous memoir, “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood” on Amazon.com, to get the full story. As it went, the […]