Jared Golden is trying to close a circle that’s as old as the Constitution. As one of Maine’s U.S. House members, he wants the House to take a new look at an old subject. He has proposed that the House of Representatives should consider adding members. During the drafting of the Constitution, the Framers debated […]

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On Wednesday, Nov. 27, the Brunswick Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 11:30 p.m. Most home fire deaths occur between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. This fire had the potential to cause significant fire loss and possible injuries if it had not been for the presence of working smoke detectors in the home […]

My mother loved words. She enjoyed writing letters and getting them. She was forever tossing off poems, most of them witty and nonsensical. She was delighted whenever Hallmark cards bought one of her pithy offerings. She loved playing Scrabble and doing crosswords. An avid reader, she made a practice of writing a short analysis of […]

The blogosphere is abuzz over President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, with criticism ranging from regret to denunciation. There is much to criticize, considering Biden’s previous vows not to intervene in the case. But facts change. The prosecution, undertaken in about the same timeframe as Jack Smith’s legal pursuit of Donald Trump, was […]