The idea of using Lewiston’s Mill 5 for gambling isn’t new. Ten years ago, when an Indian tribe wanted to locate a high-stakes bingo parlor in the remote mountains of western Maine, Mill 5 was floated as an alternative site. Since then, a host of creative ideas have surfaced for the massive building, from storage […]

Engraved on a monument in Hawaii are the words: “December 7, 1941, a day which will live in infamy … No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.” This reference to then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s address to […]

We hope you had a jolly Cyber Monday yesterday, meaning you got all your online Christmas shopping done before your boss canned you for misusing company equipment and wasting time. Cyber Monday is, for the uninitiated, the day millions of office workers return to work still possessed by Black Friday shopping fever. Finally freed from […]

Iraq and Afganistan have, in some respects, been like most wars: Soldiers sacrifice for their country and too often die. But these conflicts have been also been different in that the burdens of war have been lifted from the shoulders of so many and borne by so few. Our all-volunteer force is the most effective […]

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has done a grave disservice to the city of Lewiston and its school department. Rather than taking the time to do the most basic fact-finding to determine whether prayer is permitted in the city’s public schools, CAIR issued a serious complaint and made four precise demands on the district last […]

Cheers to Francis Dumont, a Bethel area builder and developer, who provided a balanced, level-headed account of a fist-fight at a local diner between another developer and the town code inspection officer. Developer Rick Savage was allegedly punched in the face by code enforcement officer Robert Folsom last Thursday after an argument at the Crossroads […]

We hope you find yourself with family and friends today. That you have a job and that your mortgage or rent payments are up to date. We hope your children are well and feel secure in their home. We hope you have a special person you love and who loves you, and that you are […]

“If wishes were horses beggars would ride.” We are reminded of that old Scottish proverb as health care “reform” marches through the U.S. Congress. There are a lot of good ideas, but we have no faith in the U.S. government’s ability to pay for it all. Two things worry us the most. First, the tendency […]

The investigation and penalty levied by the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices against Maine Leads has set a strong precedent for ensuring transparency and prompt financial disclosures by any organization wishing to influence voters in this state. On Nov. 19, Maine Leads — which ran the campaign behind Question 2, the excise […]

Is it possible to have a budget vote that isn’t about money? That question may be answered tomorrow when Monmouth voters try for the fifth time to pass a 2009-10 Police Department budget. The proposal before voters is $25,000 less than last year’s police budget, but it’s $15,000 more than another recently rejected budget. So, […]