I want to acknowledge the positive impact that the new Mainers are having in providing health care to our communities. My elderly mom recently experienced a fall and subsequently required care at Maine Medical Center, followed by a rehab facility, and now a southern Maine care residence. She has had limited exposure to people of […]

I understand and share everyone’s concern about our recent weather, and I have been making inquiries on the subject. I have been reliably informed that this year we will have 15 minutes of summer — from 11:30 a.m. through 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. You heard it here first. Terence McManus New Sharon

On May 22, the House of Representatives passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that included deep cuts to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) clean energy tax credits. Since the IRA’s passage in 2022, investments in clean energy projects have been made all over Maine. Dozens of companies have created hundreds of Maine jobs, and […]

I write in response to the inequity in girls’ sports in Maine. Women have had a very short-lived tenure in competitive sports, especially considering the first Olympics began in ancient Greece. During that short duration women have slowly earned seats on crews, time on the ice, placements in track and field, a turn at bat […]

With regard to what we consider, and deserve, as presidential attributes are: leadership skills; sound decision-making abilities; honesty; trust; mental health; empathy; future vision; integrity; intelligence; ability to stay calm under pressure; and respect for the rule of law. Our current tenant, Donald Trump, lacks much of what we simply desire and expect in a […]

We the people have a big problem right now. The national debt is climbing again to $37 trillion and the interest that taxpayers will pay this year is $952 billion. Some are thinking, “That’s not real money, it’s not on me!” Actually, that is real money. It will be paid this year and it will […]

If we squeeze one end of a water balloon, the other end gets bigger. So when the federal government squeezes FEMA and Medicaid, for example, who takes responsibility for paying for repairs to infrastructure after natural disasters and for health care for families who may already be working but can’t afford health insurance? We may […]

This summer we’re making our annual pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island. And soon I’ll be taking my wife to Quebec City for our anniversary. I hear talk of tensions between the U.S. and Canada. People are fearful and angry. But, as in any relationship, spending time together with the ones we love is always the […]