Every other Thursday in Industry, there is a celebration of community hosted by the Industry Community Kitchen. Kitchen volunteers organize these gatherings, including free noon meals, games and conversation, to provide some neighborly warmth and nourishing food to their neighbors. The gatherings started in November and more are scheduled for the Thursdays of Jan. 17 […]
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A new year, new Congress, old problems
Americans suffered a whole lot of anxiety in anticipation of congressional action to keep us from sliding off the much-feared fiscal cliff, only to see Congress take the utterly expected and truly unimaginative action of removing scheduled middle class tax increases, increasing tax rates on incomes over $400,000 and delaying spending cuts. Politics is about […]
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Alcohol-sensing devices may be next safety step
It is amazing to think how much safer our roads and highways have become over the past 50 years. Most of the thanks for that goes to better-designed cars and highway systems that have made accidents much more survivable than decades ago. With each new model, automakers seem to add standard equipment and options designed […]
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Ringing in the new year with healthier hearts
There are enumerable wonderful things about living in Maine. One of the not so wonderful things is that, for a very long time, Mainers have been burdened with higher rates of cardiovascular disease than residents in nearly every other state. That appears to be changing. Our hearts are now healthier, and more of us have […]
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Let 2013 be a year of safer rides, less pain
Dawn Newell of Yarmouth, the 45-year-old mother of a 16-year-old boy, is the first snowmobile fatality of this winter season. Early Sunday evening during a light snow, Newell was snowmobiling on Rangeley Lake with her son, who was riding a separate snowmobile, when she crashed through thin ice. Her son was riding behind her and, […]
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It is time to ponder our resolve
According to USA.gov, the common man’s top New Year resolutions year after year are: Drink less alcohol Eat healthy food Get a better education Get a better job Get fit Lose weight Manage debt Manage stress Quit smoking Reduce, reuse and recycle Save money Take a trip Volunteer to help others And, according to Time […]
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Curtailment is response to frail economy
Gov. Paul LePage made formal his budget curtailment plan Thursday and — predictably — there were widespread expressions of horror that he could be so financially heartless. Why the surprise? LePage has been warning that this was going to happen for months. We even knew well in advance the exact dollar amount that has to […]
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Ringing in the new year with healthier hearts
There are innumerably wonderful things about living in Maine. One of the not-so-wonderful things is that, for a very long time, Mainers have been burdened with higher rates of cardiovascular disease than residents in nearly every other state. That appears to be changing. Our hearts are now healthier, and more of us have achieved ideal […]
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The real harm of discrimination must be exposed
In the past decade, between paying the legal bills and paying compensation to abused state workers, Maine has spent nearly $2 million in civil settlements. Maine taxpayers — that’s us — have been forced to pay to settle dozens of claims of extremely bad behavior in state government departments, including the Labor Department, the Department […]
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Embrace the good things in our lives
One of our frailties, as human beings, is our clear memory of all things bad and often fleeting memories of the good things that happen in our communities every day. And there are plenty of good things, many of which we have had the privilege of writing about and sharing with you in 2012. For […]