By Rep. Lance Harvell
This is the phrase you used from the house floor when you want to speak “off the record,” (that means they don’t write it down, and it can’t be…
To err is human, but to really frig things up takes the State of Maine, in this case the state Department of Transportation. Anyone who lives or drives in New Sharon has…
The Maine Legislature created the Land Use Utilization Resource Commission (LURC) in 1971 to serve the people of Maine and act as the authority over 10.4 million acres of unorganized lands, and…
In olden times, before unlimited numbers of free-range office-seekers were allowed to be-fowl - er, befoul - the airwaves with messages less clever than that poultry - er, paltry - pun, the…
After graduting from Farmington High School in 1949, Layton Patriquin enlisted in the US army. Upon completion of basic training, he was stationed at Fort Lewis Washington before deploying to South Korea…
To: Chief Scott Shink and the Jay Fire Department On behalf of the Jay Police Department I would like to thank the Jay firefighters for their service. Without their help we could…
In President Obama’s speech the other night, the President reminded us of the urgency of health care reform. Thus far health care expenditures have been a bottomless pit and threaten to suck…
An experience this summer helped reaffirm where I stand in today’s political and social environment. This past week I was spending a few nights in a place that had a communal refrigerator.…
I've been thinking about what makes a first-rate kook.
There are at least 20 announced and unannounced candidates for governor, and we certainly don't want to elect one of them, only to discover…
Nearly August now, and time for Congress to stuff all the various healthcare plans into the round (wastebasket) file cabinet and head on home. I just wish everyone, from coast to coast…