A committee recommends rejecting a permit for the protesters, but the issue isn’t resolved.

Other states’ governors are seeking clarity for medical marijuana, and Maine’s should too.

Occupy Maine members are exercising a constitutional right, even when they sleep.

There’s nothing new about the way Yarmouth’s Dr. Philip Frederick practices medicine. In fact, it sounds kind of old-fashioned.

What’s new is how he gets paid. …

It’s too soon to endorse an expansion of the Eastland Park Hotel that would build a ballroom and outdoor eating area in what is now public space at Congress Square: No plans have been presented so far, so this concept is still in the talking stage.

But it’s not too soon to shoot down one of the predictable arguments against the expansion, the one that says this is not even worth talking about because it would turn public space over to a private use. When it comes to Congress Square, that’s not necessarily a bad idea.

We survived the fruitless deliberations of the congressional supercommittee. We survived the first harsh taste of winter on Thanksgiving Eve. We survived Turkey Day. We even survived Black Friday and the hordes of voracious shoppers pushing and clawing in pursuit of early-bird bargains. Now what? Back to the bitter business at hand. Coping with the […]

When a Mainer earns a degree here, not only the student but also the community benefits.

Treatment courts for vets who break the law would give them the support they deserve.