Despite the resignation of state Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx as a candidate, the voters of House District 66 will have a Democratic candidate on the November ballot. After the secretary of state declares a vacancy, the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee must hold a meeting to select a new candidate before July 23. The new […]

As much as I like Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills, I cannot support or even condone his proposed turnpike toll increase. Mills has done a great deal to straighten out the mess at the MTA in the wake of Paul Violette’s criminal mismanagement, but there’s no way a toll increase is warranted. Rather […]

About a year ago I wrote about panicking as my son Robert went off to college. He did fine, which was probably why I was panicking. It’s hard to give up being indispensable. You’re supposed to want that when you’re a parent: raise them up so they can fend for themselves. I started feeling useless […]

The temporary protection order against Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx, D-Brunswick, by his former fiance was dismissed and withdrawn from the court on May 14. Then the Maine Democratic Party chairman, Ben Grant, denounced Alex. Grant never called Alex or bothered to talk to his Democratic town committee. He never asked how Alex’s campaign was […]

The global economy has been in slump mode for so long now that it’s hard to imagine there ever was a time when unemployment was low, optimism ran high, mortgages were current and public coffers were full. Oddly, however, while most every nation continues to struggle, the discussion among the great and powerful seems to […]

I’m against the high school codes of conduct for athletics. I understand that schools have codes because of parents who host parties where underage drinking occurs. I’m not one of those parents who will condone underage drinking. My boys know where I stand on drinking and drugs. They understand that I will be tougher on […]

Angus King is a rare leader whom I have know, for 16 years. He taught me on leadership at Bowdoin College. He was visionary in introducing the laptop computer project and gained support from both Democrats and Republicans. That is exactly what we need – a leader who can bring people together in our state, […]

Saturday night, I turned on the television for some pre-slumber entertainment, and inadvertently ended up watching the last half hour of “Silence of the Lambs,” the movie about Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the uber-creepy cannibal. Sunday morning, I awakened to sunshine and the sweet sounds of chirping birds. I eventually made my way down to our […]

It seems that residents should be able to attend Town Meeting and vote without getting ridiculed by the local newspaper’s columnist. (Edgar Allen Beem’s “The rise of the Angry White Guy”.) I, too, was at the Yarmouth Town Meeting, voting in opposition to many of the warrants and I’m happy to explain why. Apparently it’s […]