By Paul Mills With the price of gas on the upswing at the advent of another summer, hitchhiking can also be expected to be on the rise. As more Mainers take to…
By Paul H. Mills If ever there was a Brahmin name in Maine, it might well be Sewall. Prominent in a way similar to that of the Lowells and Cabots of Massachusetts,…
By Paul Mills We live in an era when both our federal and many of our state governments seem immobilized. There’s thus some nostalgia for occasionally more decisive eras of action. The…
By Paul H. Mills It’s the President’s Day weekend. We are now in a holiday to celebrate our chief executives. Most notable among them are the two most revered, Washington and Lincoln,…
By Paul Mills
Kaci Hickox and Ted Wilbur: They have been the protagonists of one of the most riveting public dramas in America last fall. Theirs was rated by Maine’s Associated Press as…
By Paul Mills
Recent news reports that the salary of Maine’s governor, at $70,000, continues to be the lowest of any in the country reminds us again of how the state often stands…
By Paul Mills He’s back. The legendary John Martin has returned from political purgatory. The man termed by friends and foes alike including former Gov. John McKernan as “the father of the…
By Paul H. Mills We have a lot of trouble making up our minds. In the last four years we’ve gone from a Democratic legislature to Republican and then back to Democratic.…
By Paul H. Mills It’s 1974. It’s a year which in Maine would be remembered for the upset election of the first independent governor of any state in the nation in 44…
By Paul Mills It’s back to school time. But this is a story about what happened to a child who once skipped school. Because of the fortuitous outcome for the child involved,…