It’s time, in the town of Wells, for a new round of planning for Wells’ future, something Maine towns do every 10 years called the comprehensive plan. It may not be going smoothly. What is it? It’s the chance for the citizens of a town to express their opinions on what they like and don’t […]

I am writing today to ask readers to reach out to state legislators for full support for L.D. 1338, an Act to Create and Sustain Jobs through Development of Cooperatives and Employee-owned Businesses. By providing some tax relief to business and mobile home park owners, this bill would encourage them to sell to workers or […]

Sending one’s thoughts and prayers these days is getting a bad rap. Understandably so. But it is still both a powerful and consoling sentiment, providing that the one conveying the thoughts and prayers is (1) thoughtful and (2) prayerful. If not, it’s hypocrisy. The Rev. Louis Phillips pastor, Sebago Lakes Region Catholic Parishes Windham

I’m a victim of gun violence. Not the kind you hear about – the mass killing of people in theaters, malls and schools – but the quieter kind, where someone performing their routine activities is attacked by someone with a gun. My story took place on a quiet street in Pittsburgh more than 30 years […]

Caucus on March 4? What’s that? Why bother in a nonpresidential year? Good questions. Every two years, the Democratic Party has business to which it must attend. Honestly, some of it is boring. But if you care who serves in any office, from president to district attorney, about social justice, health care or any issue […]