It has been 24 years and the state is still denying evidence that could help clear Dennis Deschaine. What are they scared of? Isn’t it worth their peace of mind or do they have no conscience? Are they afraid of what people will say about them? Is their pride more important then someone’s life? Why […]

The MSAD 11 School Board and administrators have proposed a budget that is more than responsible to the taxpayers of Gardiner, Randolph, Pittston and West Gardiner. On Tuesday, I hope residents will vote to support the proposed budget. This year’s proposal is a cut of more than $500,000 from last year. And it’s not like […]

It’s my opinion, and probably the opinion of hundreds of others, that the performance of the Gardiner Area High School percussion marching band (in the Gardiner Memorial Day parade) was the epitome of excellence. The performance reduced many of us to tears, as well as literally taking away our breath. Jim Keenan and the city […]

The recent Maine Compass by House majority leader Andre Cushing, “Lawmakers chose least expensive revision to Clean Election system,” didn’t quite make sense. He starts by defending the “traditional” form of political fundraising and ends by criticizing someone for using it. Cushing, a leader of the effort to weaken Maine’s Clean Election law, succeeded in […]

Man, was I doing the happy dance when Gov. Scott Walker kicked those union thugs to the curb in Wisconsin. I bet you it was the same happy dance the boys and girls were doing over at the SEIU/MSEA when Gov. John Baldacci caved in to major union donations and support and agreed to forcibly […]