Cheers to each member of Maine’s congressional delegation for supporting a seating change-up for the 2011 State of the Union Address scheduled for Jan. 25. The Democrats — now the minority party in Congress — first suggested a show of bipartisanship to abandon the usual aisle of separation and have Democrats and Republicans seat themselves […]

At Monday’s Lewiston School Committee meeting, Committee member Ronella Paradis asked — in all seriousness — the district’s curriculum director to stop using the word “college” when referring to lifelong continuing education. Because, Paradis said, not every child is going to college so “let’s get away from (the word) college.” Huh? Paradis’ direction to Curriculum […]

Who’s to blame for a 22-year-old opening fire on a crowd of people, killing six and severely injuring others, including a member of Congress? We have no opinion on that, mainly because we have so few facts upon which to base an opinion. That hasn’t stopped a host of people, particularly TV commentators and fellow […]

You can never start too early when it comes to creating aspirations for success. That’s exactly what Montello Elementary School in Lewiston, the state’s biggest by student population, is doing in its preschool classes these days. While nearly every child dreams of “what they want to be when they grow up,” not all of them […]