Archive for ‘Opinion’

  • Rotaries & other reasons to stay put

    By Dawn De Busk Rotaries are the reason I won’t leave Alaska. I won’t know how to drive around a rotary. And, if I am scared to drive, how will I ever get anywhere? I am not moving to the Northeast. This was my usual stubborn-as-a-mule response to my husband’s request to move to New […]

  • Back in the Day 1943

    Editorial: There isn’t going to be any road building in the state to speak of this year. This is not due entirely to the lack of sufficient revenue to finance the work, but of course that has been cut to shreds. The scarcity of labor is one of the prime factors, which enter into the […]

  • A Case Study of Failure

    In the wake of the Sandusky scandal, Penn State University engaged the law firm of former FBI director Louis Freeh to perform an investigation into Penn State’s role in the matter. They were given free rein to do a complete and independent study. Freeh did a very thorough job, interviewing 430 people and examining literally […]

  • Getting her words out

    While the hard data is all over the place, many experts say that the average woman requires more than twice the words as the average man does to get through her day. The data from my own 30-year study, albeit a rather casual one using only one test subject, indicates that my wife is well […]

  • Loons on the Lakes

    A couple of days ago, a friend phoned to tell me about a loon nest her daughter and young grandson discovered. The two had paddled their open-topped kayaks to a small island, where they planned to tie their boats to the shore and do some exploring on foot. As the boy nosed his boat up […]

  • Fair Season

    By Senator Bill Diamond We are lucky here in Maine to have such beautiful summers, and along with summer comes fair season.  We also have a long and proud tradition of agriculture here, and a great way to enjoy the summer and get to see the best of our agriculture is by going to one […]

  • Healing Herbs, Flowers, and Weeds

    By Susan Meeker-Lowry Summer is here and finally our gardens are taking off. It took a while this year because of our extremely wet, cool June, but now the flowers are blooming and veggies are beginning to come in. I love summer. Not everything about it — the mosquitos here in Fryeburg are a bit […]

  • Donald E. Olden Sr.

    Sebago — Donald Eugene Olden Sr., 67, died on July 5, 2012 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Oct. 30, 1944, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Harry L. and Mildred V. Olden. He attended schools in Windsor Conn. He worked at Coppola Ford, Hart Volkswagen and Podunk River Equip-ment in Conn. before moving to […]

  • Celebrating the Fourth

    By Senator Bill Diamond As we celebrate it, July 4th is about fun — fireworks, barbecues, hot dogs, music, family and friends. And yet, there is a deeper meaning behind Independence Day — a day when we recognize and remember those things that stand the test of time: honor and sacrifice, courage and perseverance, selflessness […]

  • Nestlings

    Throughout the spring, the oaks, maples, alders, and birches between our house and the lake have been filling out with leaves, dramatically altering the view from our big window. In winter, the lake was a broad expanse of white ice, and after ice-out we saw an expanse of blue water. Now from our window, we […]