Ken Eisen, who helped create Waterville’s Railroad Square Cinema and the Maine International Film Festival, was honored with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award during a ceremony, held on Friday, July 18. Ken’s advice and support of independent theaters in Maine has been invaluable over the last 45 years. When we turned the Harbor Theater in […]

Tragically, we are a nation that has targeted immigrants before. In the 1850s, it was the Irish. In the 1880s, it was the Chinese. In the 1890s, it was the Italians. In the 1940s, it was the Japanese. In the 1920s, the Maine Ku Klux Klan targeted French-Canadian immigrants. We are also a nation in […]

The Maine Trust for Local News is a bit of a fable for some towns in Maine. Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland (total year-round population, estimated 12,000) lie near Lewiston/Auburn. Each of these towns borders one another. Each has a separate municipal government. All three communities share in providing public education as Regional School Unit […]

As a business owner here in Maine, I’ve seen firsthand the challenges we face, from rising costs to workforce shortages to red tape that seems to grow by the day. That is why I’m incredibly grateful for the leadership and support we receive from Sen. Susan Collins. Time and again, Sen. Collins has stepped up […]

The passage of LD 1829 is both disappointing and dangerous. This law prohibits Maine municipalities from requiring fire sprinkler systems in certain Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), undermining local efforts to protect residents from deadly fires. Yes, we need more affordable housing. But affordability should never come at the cost of safety. Fire sprinklers are a […]

While reading your story about York County’s new mobile alert system for beach safety (July 5), I was reminded of another health hazard in places we love to swim and surf: nasty bacteria in the water. Our research partners found that 78% of tested Maine coastal beaches had potentially unsafe levels of fecal matter on […]

Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have long portrayed themselves as reasonable, moderate women of conscience who would do what they saw as the right thing regardless of partisanship. This has been belied by the passage of President Trump’s “big, ugly bill.” Collins allowed the bill to advance to a vote when she had the […]