As a small business owner I am asking everyone in Senate District 30 to show their support for Sen. Amy Volk and keep her voice for Maine businesses in Augusta. She is a solid advocate for ensuring small businesses are kept viable for now and the future of Maine’s economy and employment opportunities. Pam GrondinScarborough

Our elected representatives must possess strength, determination and a steadfast moral compass to effectively safeguard our communities from policies that would strip away protections to our environment, educational standards, public health infrastructure and access to quality health care. State Sen. Rebecca Millett embodies all of the traits needed to challenge legislative and executive actions that […]

I have spent many hours lamenting the fact that Scarborough simply does not have a viable downtown. If someone were to build a downtown, I would gladly trust the Risbara Bros. to do the work. But that’s not the point. The town recently held its first public workshop regarding the development of Scarborough Downs. In […]

It will be a great pleasure to cast my vote on Nov. 6 to re-elect U.S. Sen. Angus King to a second term. In the past six years, King has proved himself to be the real deal: a thoughtful man of integrity, intelligence, dedication and passion. In a particularly chaotic period of this nation’s history, […]

The $52 million question: How so high, how so fast? Someone obviously led Yarmouth astray. That figure is proposed to expand or renovate Yarmouth’s four schools. But just a few months ago, the cost estimate presented to Council was about $35 million. How did it get to $52 million in just a few months? The […]

We applaud the Cape Elizabeth Town Council’s recent work to help settle the ugly dispute in our neighborhood. The story line that the Shore Acres waterfront neighbors are making a land grab is 100 percent false. The path proponent movement leader has made it her life’s work to disrupt the lives of these neighbors. It’s […]

The partisan gridlock that plagues Maine and the nation and threatens the very foundations of democracy is not a bipartisan affair. The idea that both parties are to blame is a third-party canard, a pick-me strategy concocted by independent candidates who can’t win. The truth is the Republican Party is primarily to blame. The new […]

My wife has a license to practice law. My dogs have licenses to practice being dogs. Thanks to the First Amendment, I don’t need to apply for a license to be a journalist, even if my grammar am lousy and my spelling wurse. I are automatically allowed literary license. But let’s suppose I wanted to […]

Welcome to another edition of Boos and Bravos, where we try (but failed this week) to criticize and praise in equal amounts: Boo to the proposal in Cape Elizabeth that would allow oceanfront residents along Broad Cove to pay the town $500,000 to prevent a public path from being built between their properties and the […]

“Effervescent.” My high school buddies printed that adjective under my senior picture in our 1967 yearbook. I more or less knew what it meant, something like zippy or peppy, which fit since I’d been a cheerleader for four years. Even last year at age 68, I popped out of my seat at a party and […]