Although seldom, if ever, mentioned during all the heated discussion these past months, the 2018 New Hampshire rejection of the proposed Northern Pass transmission line relates to Maine. The New Hampshire route proposed by developers Eversource and Hydro-Quebec was Massachusetts’ first choice. It was not Maine. And the New Hampshire landscape surgery was to be […]

The pandemic has placed a huge strain on all of us. Clearly there is a lot of disagreement over how our Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel (RSU 21) school board has navigated the challenges presented by COVID-19. The fact is that no matter what our school board has decided or will decide in the future, when […]

Let’s take the mystery out of voting. During our last election, I was a greeter for my candidate for two hours. “Good morning, I’m a friend of …, thank you for voting.” Three people came out and told me they voted for my candidate. That made me happy. What scared me was that they knew […]

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s reporting of COVID-19 cases consistently lacks the emphasis on some key information. The numbers tell us how many new cases, how many hospitalizations and how many deaths but only anecdotally suggest “most” were not vaccinated. If they know what those “most” numbers are, it would be more […]

There are two nurses in my life who wish not to get vaccinated. One has been a nurse for my entire life – 32 years – and one has been a nurse for more than five. Both have worked throughout the entire COVID-19 pandemic, and both actively treat COVID patients (many of whom, they report, […]

Did anyone notice that the “What’s in it for us?” sidebar by Associated Press reporter Mary Clare Jalonick (Nov. 7, Page A4) only mentioned about half of the more than $1 trillion so-called “infrastructure” bill’s provisions? Perhaps that’s because the rest of it is typical political pork, payoffs to unions and wealthy electric-car buyers and […]

As a grandfather and family physician, I am thankful that there is now available a pediatric immunization against COVID-19. I am thankful because I know that this vaccine will prevent not only many deaths but also the life-threatening consequences of COVID-19. I know this because our 7-year-old granddaughter, with unrealized and insignificant symptoms, later became […]

It certainly does say a lot about Central Maine Power Co. and its parent company, Avangrid, that in spite of the clearly expressed wishes of us Maine citizens, they are continuing to take down more trees. If there were any lingering doubt about these companies, prior to their decision to ignore the majority of Maine […]