To the Editor: The speed limit is 35 mph in residential areas not 45 plus. Cars are flying off the road into the trees. Easy to fix, stop speeding. Fines for (speeding) cars are one to nine miles [over the speed limit] equals $114. For 10-14 miles over it’s $129. For 15 to 19 mph […]

To the Editor: Last week Senator Russell Black joined seven of his fellow Republicans to vote against helping 850,000 Mainers pay their fuel bills this winter. The bill was an emergency to get $450 checks into our hands immediately. it was overwhelmingly supported by Democrats and Republicans, and the Governor. Black’s vote demands an answer […]

To the Editor: It is truly a pity and an exhibit of hypocrisy that the Republicans in the state senate stopped or delayed the plan to return revenue to the citizens especially when people are hurting for heat and food. What a shame! James MacMahon Temple

To the Editor: In 1959 on Mauna Loa the first measurements for global carbon dioxide were recorded at 316 ppm. Today the number stands at 419 ppm and is rapidly increasing at over 2ppm annually. The higher warming in the colder polar regions has already displaced towns in Alaska and caused massive ice shelf collapse […]

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening, accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre. You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for […]

Our efforts with this column are primarily aimed at keeping a perspective on the issues surrounding consumer and voter choices when it comes to Energy. “Energy” in the sense of “How to address and move forward from the obsolete fossil fuel society that now imperils the planet.” How do we as consumers and voters screen […]

STATE — The 11th hour has become synonymous with Veterans Day, originally called Armistice day, in recognition of the document signed at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. In reality, the Armistice ending the war to end all wars was signed around 5 am on November 11th. Over the course […]

To the Editor: Paul LePage viciously attacked Governor Mills when she pointed out in their Portland debate that the sales tax was increased from 5% to 5.5% during LePage’s administration. LePage called her a “Pinocchio”, erroneously bragging the sales tax was 5.5% when he took office. The sales tax was 5% in 2011 when LePage […]

To the Editor: Look out – Doug Thomas is running again for senator. I’m surprised that he would consider running against Senator Russell Black given Thomas’s unpopular championing of the CMP Corridor and the East West Highway. The latter’s superhighway would’ve cut Maine in half, primarily to transport Frac oil across Maine to Canadian ports. […]

If the 1970’s should be remembered for anything when it comes to in person campaigning for political office it might be the decade when it underwent a major transformation of its retail horizons. Among two pioneering techniques launched in this era were “The Walk” and “Work Days.” The first in Maine to employ either one […]