Question 1: People’s Veto “Do you want to reject the section of Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011 that requires new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election?” Maine’s election laws have helped the state lead the way in voter turnout, and there is simply not […]

If it would cost only a few more pennies more for a head of lettuce or another dime for a pound of tomatoes to forbid the employment of immigrant farm workers, it might not be a bad idea. In fact of the matter, it would cost a hell of a lot more than pennies and […]

All summer and fall I saw them gliding silently along the walk outside my apartment on Portland’s Eastern Prom. They glided in groups of friends or family, having been rented somewhere down on Commercial Street. The odd transporters are called Segway, and when first unveiled more than a decade ago, they were supposed to change […]

A nor’easter the day before Halloween caught many of us scrambling to find candles, matches, batteries and flashlights. In the dark is a place those over 60 do not want to be – not only is it cold and gloomy, it’s dangerous. You could fall, and falling is the No. 1 fear for many of […]