One of the strangest court rulings of the year came in December when a Texas judge sentenced a white boy from an affluent neighborhood to 10 years of probation after he was convicted of driving drunk, killing four people and leaving another teen with a severe brain injury. The prosecutor had asked for a 20-year […]

We are now one full week into winter. Yep, just a week. The ice storm was a rough way to settle in to the season, and forecasters have predicted a particularly cold and snowy season, with the next storm expected Sunday evening and overnight. So, we share a couple of particularly good — and timely […]

This year, as one of our readers noted, Santa arrived in a bucket truck. Hundreds of Santas in dozens of trucks, actually. Most of these kindly souls were from Maine, but dozens of others traveled here from Canada, Connecticut and elsewhere to help restore power to thousands of homes and businesses. We wonder if linemen […]

C’mon, man! Stealing seats off the bleachers at a school? Really? The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of aluminum bleacher seats and foot rests from the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School. Just the seats and rests. The thieves left behind the steel framework, which means they had to spend a little time detaching […]

Farmington is really sticking up for its sister. Sister city, that is. Farmington and Lac-Megantic, Quebec, have been sisters since 1991 and their “family” bond is generous and strong. On July 6, after a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train exploded in Lac-Megantic, and the resulting fire consumed 72 oil tankers and much of the […]

Two auto mechanics were talking the other day as one filled out a form for a state vehicle inspection. “It takes more time to fill out the paperwork than it does to inspect the car,” one said, as the other nodded in agreement. Government regulation is the bane of every business, large and small. If […]