The reigning PASS North and national champion won two races at Oxford Plains Speedway earlier in the month. Is that a good sign for Sunday’s premier event?
2025
Will Susan Collins choose fascism or democracy? | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins’ failure to condemn the militarization of the Washington, D.C., police force conflicts with even the most fundamental tenets of her legal training. Simply put, soldiers are not cops and cops are not soldiers. Fascism or democracy? She should choose a side or perhaps the voting public of Maine should choose a senator […]
The future of Portland is small, locally owned businesses | Letter
Growth is essential, but it must not come at the cost of what makes our city unique.
Voter ID increases transparency | Letter
I support the voter ID referendum for Maine, and recommend that all others do, too. Here are two reasons to consider. Being from a military family and having voted in many different states, voting in Maine was a surprising outlier to me. I remember being almost shocked that they didn’t ask for my ID. Maine […]
Beware censorship on Craigslist | Letter
I shall take an extended moment to alert your readers to the profoundly censorious nature of those “peace-loving progressives” at Craigslist. I attempted to post words critical of the company’s increasingly tyrannical posture on free speech and the post was removed in a New York minute. (Said posting did not, by my reading, violate any […]
An American tragedy comes to Windham | Opinion
Their names were Jim and Erin and they sadly crossed paths one fateful Friday.
A break in the heat, and rain — a little — is coming to Maine
Portland had recorded less than two-tenths of an inch of rain in all of August as of Friday, according to National Weather Service data.
Obituary: Mark Fournier
MILBRIDGE – Sadly, Mark Fournier passed away in Milbridge on Aug. 15, 2025. He was 71 years old.
Mark was a graduate …
Obituary: Corporal Oscar Linwood Sprague
MILBRIDGE – Oscar Linwood Sprague, a local hero from Downeast, Maine, was killed in action, in Korea, Sept. 3, 1950.
Oscar was …
Obituary: Corporal Oscar Linwood Sprague
MILBRIDGE – Oscar Linwood Sprague, a local hero from Downeast, Maine, was killed in action, in Korea, Sept. 3, 1950.
Oscar was …