There was more on display Thursday night than a bunch of Edward Little students, parents and teachers holding hands and singing sounds. The event, billed as a “Celebration of Unity,” shows a commitment by the school system and the community to confront racism openly and honestly, to admit that the problem exists and to seek […]

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson There are a lot of hopes and dreams manifest in […]

Abstinence is the best policy when it comes to sex and teens.It’s also the best policy when it comes to monkeying around with the state’s successful sex education program.Just as Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello would like kids to say no to premarital sex, we’d like lawmakers to say no to legislation that moves the state in […]

Give ’em credit for trying again.About 800 Mainers will meet today to discuss “Tough Choices in Health Care,” a high-tech symposium designed to bring people together to talk about the state’s approach to a growing problem.The meeting was originally scheduled for March, but bad weather forced organizers from the Governor’s Office of Health Policy and […]

The state isn’t sure how much it has paid some MaineCare service providers.It’s not sure how much it owes some MaineCare service providers.It’s not sure, but it might be missing $50 million, maybe in overpayments or maybe because of increased service delivery.And now the state is asking service providers to send back money that they […]

If justice could truly be served, the vandals who destroyed the flags marking the graves of veterans in Riverside Cemetery would spend this Memorial Day learning about the country’s history and the sacrifices that brave men and women have made in the service to the United States.Word is it was a bunch of kids who […]

On Monday, a group of 10 Mt. Abram High School students attended the Kingfield selectmen’s meeting.It was a lesson in government and citizenship they don’t get in the classroom.The students sat through a hearing for a liquor license, heard discussion about excessive noise at a local go-kart track and listened while selectmen set a date […]

“Live by the anonymous quote, die by the anonymous quote,” said a Pentagon spokesman Monday after Newsweek magazine retracted its Koran-in-the-toilet story.And he wasn’t just speaking figuratively. At least 15 people have died in several countries where outraged Muslims rioted to protest the magazine’s original story.Newsweek seems genuinely grieved by the repercussions of this story, […]

The Androscoggin River will just have to wait.On Monday, the Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously to reject a bill that would have required all Class C rivers – including the Androscoggin River – to meet certain dissolved oxygen standards under certain temperature guidelines as a determining measure of water quality. In simpler terms, it rejected […]

Here’s an interesting statistic from Jane’s Defence Industry, the trade journal of the war and weapons industry: “Defence expenditure in the U.S. will equal that of the rest of the world combined within 12 months.”While foreign imports threaten nearly every aspect of our economy, we’re still tops at building weapons. Of the billions the U.S. […]