A curious new trend in Paris has candidates for the town’s board of selectmen pairing up more like they were going to a high school prom than off to do the people’s business.Incumbent Ray Glover has partnered with former Oxford County Sheriff Lloyd “Skip” Herrick, while challengers Troy Ripley and Al Atkinson have formed a […]

Teenagers are going to drink alcohol.It’s a rite of passage.Get over it.Right?Plenty of our readers think so, including one who said Friday, “Give me a break. Kids will be kids, let them have some fun. There’s been teenage pit parties since there’s been high schools.”That’s true. There have also been dead teenagers since there have […]

On May 27, a cement truck overturned on Route 117 near the Buckfield-Turner line after the driver lost control in the soft shoulder. The driver injured his shoulder, and the truck was heavily damaged.Last Friday, two people were injured when their motorcycle collided with a car on Route 117 near the Buckfield-Turner line. Police say […]

• In an editorial published June 3, a recent certificate of need denial for St. Mary’s was not adequately explained. The denial was for an operating room expansion; the hospital’s emergency room expansion was previously approved.That was an editorial writer’s error.• In a letter published May 27, voting in the town of Greene was erroneously […]

News from Millinocket about the potential closure of the Katahdin Mill, and 208 Mainers facing layoff in a troubling economy, must move officials to wield their own, old, saw: An ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure.Katahdin, one of Maine’s pulp and paper mills, is among the state’s highest consumers of oil, and was […]

Clarification: St. Mary’s was denied a certificate of need for an operating room expansion; the hospital’s emergency care expansion was previously approved. This was an editorial writer’s error. Despite concerns about efficiency and missed collaborative opportunities, emergency room expansions at St. Mary’s and Central Maine Medical Center might be unavoidable, if other stated health care goals are to […]

Seth Carey, former president of Evergreen Mountain Enterprises, stepped down April 17. Evergreen’s newly minted-at-the-time spokesperson, Pat LaMarche, subsequently promised an announcement of new leadership in short order.In as early as 48 hours from the April 25 announcement, to be exact. By midnight Monday, 840 hours have passed since that deadline, without any announcements. The […]

With rising petroleum costs causing seismic upheaval for Maine’s transportation industries, an old solution is re-gaining momentum: taking the train. For freight and passenger service, rail is viewed as an efficient, smart alternative.It’s taken a long time to get here, enough for a whole generation of Mainers to forget about the faraway rumble of a […]

Like any business, the University of Southern Maine has a problem: its bottom line (students) is being affected by the entry into the market of a lower-cost competitor (Maine’s community college system).This is a finding of a new report, “A Southern Maine Imperative II,” commissioned by the university’s Board of Visitors to analyze the future […]

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