Record-breaking fundraising is proceeding apace in Maine’s upcoming U.S. Senate election. It is on course to be the most expensive political race ever run in Maine, but if your hair is set afire by how much the candidates are raising, just think of what it will be like when they start spending. Incumbent Sen. Susan …
Six months from the June primaries, a look at the candidate list for one of Maine’s two U.S. Senate seats is something of a surprise. There are seven names in the race, and none of them is Collins. Probably the best-known contestant now is Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, followed by former Augusta advocate Betsy …
By Jill Goldthwait Thanksgiving is upon us. The guest beds are made, the shopping list ready for the weekend, and the holiday decorations are going up around Hancock County. We are going through the paces but come on; do we not feel a little “meh” about it all? The incessant drumbeat of rancor and division …
The U.S. health care system is pretty good at the complicated stuff. A perceptive practitioner can suss out what’s wrong with us or pass us along to a specialist. Blood tests, imaging and now genetic studies can pinpoint what has gone awry, and the medical community is getting better and better at finding a cure …
Having passed Election Day 2019, a ho-hum if ever there was one, we are now entering the countdown to the “real” election when the whole nine yards is on the table. The president, all members of Congress (the House, not the Senate) and all Maine legislators will be on the ballot. The electorate is already …
The second regular session of the 129th Legislature is taking shape, even though it doesn’t start until the new year. It is the “short” session, the second year of the biennium, and per the Maine Constitution is limited to considering legislation “limited to budgetary matters,” bills submitted by the Governor’s office, bills reported out of …
Remember this? “Welcome to Maine. Now go home.” That was how tourists allegedly used to be greeted by the stereotypical, taciturn Mainer. Times have changed. Now Maine is much keener on laying out the welcome mat for visitors from around the world. A lot of effort is put into the “visitor experience,” but what is …
Mills for president! Our Governor has been making a splash on the international scene, giving a much more favorable impression of Maine than some other politicians we could mention. First it was the United Nations, where she addressed the UN General Assembly at a Climate Action Summit; then it was meeting with the prime minister …
After 24 years of service, Gary Fortier’s tour of duty on the Ellsworth City Council is coming to an end. Read the list of positions Gary has held in Ellsworth and you will have to lie quietly with a cold cloth on your forehead to recover. Men and women like Gary are what makes the …
All the political oxygen has been sucked out of the room by the monumental snarl surrounding the U.S. presidency. This may be why the appearance on stage of another Democrat contesting Sen. Susan Collins’ seat has received little attention. Nevertheless, here he is. Yes, “he.” Jonathan Treacy of Oxford has become the fifth candidate to …
