When my wife and I returned to the Farmington area a few years ago, we did so knowing that this was where we would raise our family and grow old together. What…
As lawmakers make their annual trek back to Augusta in January, they will consider options for addressing Maine’s multimillion budget deficit. At $300 million and growing, the deficit will force serious decisions…
Forty-five years ago I read a campaign speech by Lyndon Johnson in which he called upon the voters to have "faith" in their government. That is the point at which my dislike…
Last spring, after the state Legislature rejected a bill that could have resulted in a wind farm being constructed on two undeveloped mountains in Redington Township, a lot of people in western…
The Town of Strong is losing one of the best fire chiefs, one of the best residents ever. Scott Dyar has accepted a new job in Texas and will be leaving on…
It took 48 hours to pass a $787 billion stimulus bill and the President wanted health care done in a week. But 86 days have passed since Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s formal request for…
Olympia Snowe is doomed.
Well, maybe not entirely doomed, but kinda doomed.
She might survive her 2012 campaign for re-election to a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, but not without serious damage. Or,…
Comments provided at the Air National Guard’s public hearing in Farmington regarding the draft Environmental Impact Study of the condor 1 and condor 2 military operations area proposal was more than outstanding.…
“We’re from the government and we’re here to help you…” On Saturday, I was one of many who attended the hearing on the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s low-flight proposal. This proposal was…
I would like to open this letter with a brief declaration as to clarify why I have taken my personal stance on the issue of same-sex marriage. I am a 23-year-old heterosexual…