The president tries to clarify the Helsinki summit. Read More
Here are just a few things to add to your weekend fun list: attend a Celtic festival, celebrate Maine Open Farm Day, check out the first-ever Northeast Blues Festival on the Bangor Waterfront or see an authentic (recreated) Viking ship. Read More
Here are just a few things to add to your weekend fun list: attend a Celtic festival, celebrate Maine Open Farm Day, check out the first-ever Northeast Blues Festival on the Bangor Waterfront or see an authentic (recreated) Viking ship. Read More
Candidates aired ideas that included repealing an unmet education funding requirement, bolstering revenue sharing and tracking nonprofit contributions to communities in talks with municipal managers. Read More
If you read that title in a normal tone, that’s perfectly fine. If you sang that title because you know those are lyrics from a DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince song “Parents Just Don’t Understand”, released in 1988, well you are definitely hip and… Read More
The ALS Association’s Northern New England Chapter has been a great help as I wrestle with ALS, so I am helping them with their annual fundraising walks in Bangor and Portland. My sister Edie Smith is leading the Bangor walk, and my friend Rusty Atwood is leading the… Read More
This article by Michael Rocque of Bates College and Chad Posick of Georgia Southern University was originally posted in the Bangor Daily News on July 17, 2018. In this June 27, 2018, file photo, tourists pass the Red Hen restaurant, right, in Lexington, Va. The… Read More
Last week, the Trump administration declared that poverty was no longer a serious problem in the United States. “Based on historical standards of material well being and the terms of engagement, our War on Poverty is largely over and a success,” the White House Council of Economic Advisers… Read More
Occupational licenses close off people's future prosperity and financial freedom before they even start their engine. Read More
During the sweltering weather of July’s first week, about two dozen youngsters and their parents and caregivers gathered on the shores of North Pond in Rome. At Pine Tree Camp – Pine Tree Society’s program that offers camp programs for individuals with disabilities – non-verbal kids were immersed… Read More
It's a key moment for advocates of expansion, but the state has already blown past two deadlines under the law with resistance from Gov. Paul LePage and no dedicated funding from the Legislature. Read More
A horse-drawn carriage tour operated by the Victorian Carriage Company brings visitors along lower Hancock Avenue at Gettysburg National Military Battlefield in May 2018. (Brian F. Swartz Photo) On your next trip to Gettysburg, consider traveling back in time by exploring the battlefield… Read More
Concern about chemicals used in farming has many folks opting for organic produce, which can be helpful, but isn’t the end to the story Read More
Without reporters' work, we would be walking through this world largely blind. Read More
I love seeing kids outside enjoying birds and birding. My wife Linda did a birding unit for her first graders every year, and at the end, they would be bused to our house for a birding adventure, which we all enjoyed very much. So I was… Read More
Bill Koch of the Providence Journal joined us live from the Nation's Capital ahead of the 2018 MLB All Star Game to discuss the potential of a new contract for J.D. Martinez and what moves the Sox may make before the July 31st deadline. Read More
Dog waste has long been a problem in public outdoor spaces, in trail networks and on beaches. Read More
A ‘new strategy’ unveiled by AG Sessions, last week in Portland, is the same approach that has failed in the past. More funding for enforcement, less for treatment. Read More
The old-timers used to say that oysters “r” in season for all the months with an “r” in the name, and the best time to eat them. Last I knew it wasn’t Jur-ly with Aurgust coming up but we had grilled oysters the other… Read More
It’s too long, there’s not enough action, they are always (messing around) with the rules and quite frankly after the steroid era, we kind of saw everything didn’t we? Read More
