An emotional Jerrold Mason told the Sun Journal Thursday he hoped some good would come from the manslaughter conviction of Kristina Lowe, and from the deaths of two young people, including his daughter. Rebecca Mason, 16, and Logan Dam, 19, were killed Jan. 7, 2012, on Route 219 in West Paris when the car Lowe […]

Cliches become cliches because they are repeated so often. And they are repeated so often because the bit of wisdom they express is usually so obvious. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. You win some, you lose some. Or the expression that half a loaf is better than none. Clearly, to a hungry […]

Maine’s 133rd Engineer Battalion is important to the safety and security of our state, and any plans to move the unit to Pennsylvania raise a half dozen red flags. The engineering unit would, under the proposed plan, be replaced by another unit, according to a Maine National Guard spokesman in Augusta. Michel Steinbuchel told the […]

Maine and other Northeastern states won a sweeping victory Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Southern and Midwestern states must obey clean-air standards. In a 6-2 decision, the court said upwind states must become better neighbors by scrubbing more pollutants from the smokestacks of their coal-burning electrical plants. Republicans from 28 coal-producing and […]

There comes a point in most Martin Luther King Jr. Day speeches when the speaker must acknowledge the current level of racism in the land. And it usually goes something like this: Yes, we have come a long way, but there is still a long way to go. In fact you can Google the search […]

There’s a popular bit of advice that it’s better to keep your mouth shut and have people suspect you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Two examples from last week’s headlines: First, a New Hampshire couple is being investigated for chasing a moose on snowmobiles. The bright spot here is […]

With the snow finally gone, we are returning to our fields, forests, gardens and yards. But we must do so with more apprehension than in years past because of the rapid spread of Lyme and similar tick-borne illnesses in the state. While Lyme disease cases have been reported in all corners of Maine, the heaviest […]

Rural Mainers are accustomed to the challenges of mud season, when snow-covered dirt roads, driveways and farm fields turn to brown goop. But urban Mainers suffer this time of year from a different inconvenience: sand season. This occurs when homeowners, municipalities and private crews remove tons of sand that has been spread on highways, parking […]

An editorial published on Page C7 on Sunday should have identified state Rep. Kenneth Fredette of Newport as House Republican leader.