Several years ago I met a family in my community that was struggling with health care issues. Actually “struggling” is a major understatement. They were going under financially, and with it emotionally.…
It’s finished.
The gubernatorial candidates can cancel all remaining campaign appearances. The debate organizers can forget about renting halls and setting up public-address systems. The state’s television stations can kiss that lucrative last-minute…
I didn’t take a mortgage for more than I could afford. I didn’t fail to read the terms of my mortgage agreement. I didn’t conceive children that I didn’t have means to…
I am writing in support of Lance Harvell’s bid for re-election. Lance is a fellow Beaver who I have known for quite some time. I have always found him to be a…
If you have spent any time reading the local political opinion news lately, it is fairly evident that there are two candidates running for the local house seat in the Maine Legislature.…
Unfortunately, in our media dominated world, individuals running for public offices, often look great, are very photogenic, speak extremely well and know how to tell the audience what they want to hear.…
This past spring, my husband Jon took our nine-year-old grandson, Tyler Dunn to the State Capitol, where Jon was being recognized for a photograph he had taken.
Our state representative, Tom Saviello of…
Maine's public school students are now carrying all sorts of papers home to be signed. I urge parents to think hard about two particularly important things they will be asked to sign.…
Getting a stern lecture on political decorum from the likes of me would be similar to being scolded by Hannibal Lecter for indulging in cannibalism. Both reprimands would carry a strong odor…
By Paul Mills
One of the most staggering consequences of this year’s BP Oil Spill is the depletion of fishing stock along the Gulf Coast and the resulting threat to the area’s fishing…