On June 13, 1995, we at the Quik-stops of Maine held a micro-brewery day at the Muddy Rudder in Wiscasset to raise money for a young man with cancer. We featured new micros at that time and had nine micros that were just getting started. They grew to become national companies that are very successful […]

I offer this to all the LePage-haters who are trying to make a big stand on the fact that Paul LePage was elected on a plurality vote: There has been only one time in the past 25 years when a Maine governor was elected with more than 50 percent of the votes. One time — […]

Before the election, I wrote a letter stating that if Paul LePage was elected governor, our state would go from infancy to senility, without achieving maturity. Well, he’s done a lot of infantile raving, now he’s reached senility wanting to remove art that represents the majority of Mainers. I guess he doesn’t know that a […]

Augusta, Gardiner and Winthrop area Knights of Columbus, through their petition efforts, encouraged Time Warner Cable TV to add Catholic Global TV station EWTN to the basic subscribers package in the Augusta area. Basic subscribers will need a digital box to view EWTN. Time Warner will provide this box free for two years. To obtain […]

What a whopping mistake Maine voters made in the last election, by electing Paul LePage as governor. Here is a man who quite obviously doesn’t recognize anyone who is without business credentials. Businesses are successful, however, because of laborers who do the work with pride and integrity, two traits I fail to see in our […]

Gov. Paul LePage may not be the most refined gentleman we’ve ever had in that position, but why does that matter? He was elected to return the state of Maine to a fiscally responsible position, not to resonate high culture. Anyone who reads Letters to the Editor on a regular basis can’t help but notice […]