CALGARY — A wildfire is sweeping the western Canadian province of Alberta. It's not the one you are thinking of.
The John Fuller Ad Hoc Committee has spent considerable 9me looking at the future of the property and has explored a number of ideas, including the possibility of a YMCA and pool.
I dislocated my shoulder patting myself on the back. Then I popped it back into socket giving everyone within arm’s reach a bear hug. Today, Eaton stands tall.
This fall, after 50 years, Russ and I will say goodbye to the Mount Washington Valley. We are moving at the end of summer to the coast of Maine to be closer to family.
In response to the recent letter to the editor urging support for codifying the Roadless Rule into law, please allow me to provide some additional information for your readers.
For as long as I can remember, there has been a gravestone in the Stark Cemetery for “Gen. John Stark, 1740-1812,” adorned with a Revolutionary veteran's marker and a flag. Someone mentions it at every major anniversary of the American Revolution, including the current one. As most aficionad…
How many of us have a mortgage payment, or have had one? And how many of us write off the interest on that mortgage every year at tax time?
There's loads of talk about the struggle among the Democrats about how, or whether, to accommodate democratic socialists in the party. There's loads of talk about the struggle among Republicans about the future of the MAGA movement once Donald Trump glides into formal political retirement. B…
Although Brownfield, one of the Mount Washington Valley's sleeper towns in Maine, has been oft-overlooked, that's about to change. For those who think Conway politics are akin to the wild west, I invite you to step across your eastern border. Conway ain't got nothin' on Brownfield — and I do…
Karl Marx was a nut. He thought that his socialist utopia would require no government.
Any hope of financial relief went out the window when the Conway School Board established an unwieldy subcommittee to decide the fate of John Fuller School. Not until last week's school board meeting did I foresee the possibility that a building we closed to reduce unnecessary expenses might…
OGUNQUIT, Maine — As Maine goes, so goes the nation? Maybe. But maybe not.
Over the past 42 years, I have had the distinct honor of serving in several elected positions. The responsibilities and challenges of serving fellow citizens are difficult to understand without experiencing them firsthand.
A few summers ago, I was out on a small lake in Ossipee when I noticed the water in a cove had taken on that greenish tinge that nobody around here wants to see. You know what I'm talking about. That algae bloom that signals something's wrong. I've lived and worked in Carroll County long eno…
To the editor:
For several years, I’ve been preaching about the importance of clean water. It’s like air, you rarely think about it until you suddenly can’t breathe. Folks in Eaton are finally starting to get the point.