The Vassalboro Friends Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) has been, like many faith communities, holding prayer and offering support for people who are stressed by the U.S. government’s behaviors toward immigrants and foreign countries. Our trust in the goodness of God tells us that it is our moral and and spiritual responsibility to adhere […]

The Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development is effectively increasing our county property taxes — collected through our community’s property tax system — to fund a state housing program. Many expected the Taxation Committee to handle this, since it understands the unintended consequences of shifting costs between state and local taxes. Instead, […]