Cheers to Gov. Paul LePage for standing by his pledge not to attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week. He is making a solid, appropriate and very public point about political fairness and representation by the people. Given that LePage is a Mitt Romney supporter, it couldn’t have been an easy decision to […]
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Longley deserves this pat on the back
All of Lewiston should have been bursting with pride Tuesday when Lewiston educator Linda St. Andre was recognized at a White House ceremony as a “Champion of Change.” The staff at Longley School certainly was. St. Andre, Longley principal, was one of 12 educators from across the U.S. honored by President Barack Obama for leading […]
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Get the facts about federal health and retirement programs — and make up your own mind
The fate of Social Security, MaineCare, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act rests on the election come November, so believes the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare. This committee, which is a coalition that includes the Maine League of Young Voters, AARP Maine and the Maine Alliance of Retired Americans, presented a forum […]
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Kennedy Park Pool starting to look like Kennedy Park swamp
In the almost two weeks since the Kennedy Park Pool closed for the season, it turned from a blue pool to a green swamp. Algae began creeping up the walls, and pond scum formed on the top. You could no longer see through to the bottom of the pool from behind the gate. Not only […]
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Learning about sex in our public schools
Opinions on what is age-appropriate sex education can and do differ, but at a time when kindergartners are masters of the keyboard and have ready access to Google, adults have a greater responsibility to get ahead of self-instruction than ever before. But, as some readers commented in response to our Sunday story on sex education […]
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Voter ID laws all about politics, not fair elections
Perhaps history will record 2012 as the year of the great voter fraud flap, when state legislatures across the country chose to tackle an imaginary problem while ignoring what appears to be a real and growing threat to fair elections. Legislators in 37 states have been swept up in the voter ID mania, most passing […]
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Tie vote does not a decision make
A tie vote does not a decision make On Monday, after years of discussion and a tremendous amount of negotiation, Paris citizens voted on a plan to merge their police department with the department in neighboring Norway. The vote? Firmly tied at 41-41. The result was so surprising, voters actually gasped aloud when Moderator Vern […]
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Rail idea may hold promise for Twin Cities
We applaud Tony Donovan, a Portland Realtor and president of the Maine Rail Transit Coalition, for thinking big, thinking outside the box and finding private money to move his idea forward. The Bangor Daily News first reported Thursday that the National Association of Realtors will contribute $15,000 to help study new ways to fund a […]
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Eminent domain the key issue for Maine highway
Gov. Paul LePage put plans for an east-west highway study on hold Tuesday. Planning should stay on hold until we know the answer to one key question: Can a project of this size and complexity be completed without the use of eminent domain? The importance of that single question was highlighted Monday by one of […]
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After griping, Olympics were simply brilliant
You really don’t want to send a few thousand reporters anywhere without having anything for them to report upon. Yet this is what happens just before every Olympiad. Rivers of reporters show up and walk around looking desperately for things to write about. With most people too busy to talk, they gravitate to people with time […]