I met Janet during my first term in the Legislature, and we have become good friends and strong supporters of one another. I’ve come to really respect Janet over the years –…
By Maal Sibulkin Preface As often happens in one’s elder years, for no visible or known cause, only from visible and painful symptoms, I was taken to the hospital’s emergency room with a knee suddenly swollen so…
No more local beer. It pains me to write that, but it must be done. We’ve got to kill off Maine’s brewing industry for the greater good. There’s more. Those people making…
A little-known provision of the No Child Left Behind Act allows military recruitment offices access to the personal contact information for upper grade level students in schools across the U.S.A. There is…
I moved away from Farmington several years ago now, but like many, the small town that I still call “home” has a very special place in my heart. Thanks to the Daily Bulldog…
John Frary is a politician in the same sense that I’m the commissioner of Major League Baseball. That’s not a perfect analogy. Remaking Frary into a campaign-savvy huckster in a trendy suit…
During the 123rd Legislature, an unprecedented alliance of legislators, business leaders, workers’ advocates and labor officials drafted a new law to strengthen Maine’s business climate and to train Maine’s work force by…
Let’s talk about Susan Collins’ sex life. Just kidding. Even though Collins, a Republican U.S. senator seeking re-election in November, went on the radio recently and talked about John Edwards’ extramarital relationship, she…
“Gov. John Baldacci said Monday he would propose lowering Maine’s personal income taxes in the January session of the Maine Legislature, but how much depends on the state budget now being developed.”…
The Blueberry Festival “2008” was a great success this year. This can only happen with the help of Firefighters, Highway Dept, Rec Dept, police, medics, civic groups, businesses, newspapers, crafters, vendors, churches,…