Vision first. Plan second. Execution third. From that simple formula has come nearly all of human progress. That’s why we are excited to see both Lewiston and Auburn developing ambitious visions that will make the Twin Cities better places to live and work. Lewiston is much further along with its Riverfront Island master plan. The […]
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Obama should keep quiet until high court rules
President Barack Obama may be eager to run for re-election against the U.S. Supreme Court over his health care law, but he should at least wait until the court rules. The nine justices spent three days in late March hearing both sides of a case brought by attorneys general in 26 states, including Maine, challenging […]
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Expanding penalties for methadone use
In December 2009, as UPS driver Shannon Ronan was making a round of holiday deliveries in Naples, he was struck from behind by a commercial bucket-type utility truck and killed. The driver of the bucket truck was taking a maintenance dose of methadone, a synthetic narcotic used to relieve pain or prevent withdrawal symptoms from […]
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Time has come to compensate marrow donors
As technology changes, the law is always slow to adapt, but adapt it must if we are to increase the vital pool of bone marrow donors in this country. The problem is painfully clear for 13-year-old Jordan Flynn of Lewiston and her family. Jordan is scheduled for a transplant in late April at Memorial Sloan-Kettering […]
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Profiting from pink slime; yay for Maine
Regarding Thursday’s editorial about pink slime, an alert reader pointed out an interesting fact that we missed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture official who approved the use of this slime, or “finely textured lean beef,” commonly added to ground beef over the objection of USDA scientists was then-Undersecretary of Agriculture Joann Smith. Her decision produced […]
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Bad solution to imaginary land problem
Here’s the way the story goes: A couple buys a beautiful piece of rural real estate in hopes of eventually fulfilling a dream — to have their children build nearby homes. Ten years later, the children are grown and ready to build their homes, but the rules have changed. What they thought was just a […]
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Reader’s respond to editorial about college borrowing
Last week, we wrote that college-bound students and their parents need accurate information to carefully select a college that is within their financial reach. Some schools have been accused of gaming the numbers to make their recent graduates seem more successful than they are. We got a healthy reaction to that opinion and we’ll share […]
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You can’t cram this slime down anyone’s throat
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare famously asked. For the answer, consult the plainly named company most of us didn’t know existed two months ago, Beef Products Inc. The company thought it produced a product called “lean finely textured beef” only to learn it was a purveyor of “pink slime.” Those two words have forever changed […]
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It’s now time to pull the plug on dispatch system
If you think Congress is gridlocked, consider the years spent trying to put local emergency dispatch services here under a single roof. If you haven’t been following this endless debate — and we couldn’t fault you if you have not — here are the basics: Androscoggin County has three dispatch services. County government runs one, […]
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Vietnam? Huh? War still vivid for some in U.S.
“What color is the White House?” That is a classic question from Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” adventures when the late-night comedian asks ordinary people to remember facts about history, geography and politics. Predictably, people could not answer the simplest questions. So we wondered last Friday when Gov. Paul LePage proclaimed March 30 as Vietnam War Remembrance […]