VIEW FROM AWAY: Obama has sensible plan to rate colleges

In a recent speech in Syracuse, N.Y., President Barack Obama offered up one fact that speaks volumes about what has gone wrong with higher education: During the past three decades, the average price of a four-year degree at a public university has risen by 250 percent, while average family income has risen by just 16 percent.

VIEW FROM AWAY: US should clean up bombs left in Vietnam

The United States has a moral responsibility to step up efforts to identify, defuse and collect unexploded ordnance that U.S. armed forces rained down on Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

School shouldn’t start until after Labor Day

I feel the urge to comment on the Aug. 23 editorial in the Morning Sentinel. I agree with an after Labor Day start to the school year. I disagree with the assumptions made that a later start "puts low-income kids at a disadvantage."

65 is an age many seniors begin to appreciate life

I would like to come out of my so-called writer's retirement to comment on my son George's column about aging ("Problems of aging get personal for all of us baby boomers," July 31).

Leave Maine free of ugly, useless wind turbines

Not in my backyard. Some think that we're that type of person. I live in Lexington Township, not far from Flagstaff Lake. We call it God's country.

Today’s editorial cartoon

Labor Day downpours cause minor flooding

An area stretching from Conway, N.H., into western Maine has seen 5 to 6 inches of rain.

AUTO RACING: Whitney survives for win

UNITY -- The biggest race of the season nearly became the biggest mess at Unity Raceway on Sunday.

MLB: Ortiz drives in 3 runs in Sox victory

BOSTON (AP) -- David Ortiz has racked up enough hits in his career to know how to remain positive during a rough stretch. Now, it looks like everything's fine again with Big Papi.

PATRIOTS: Gronk works in full pads

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Rob Gronkowski looked "almost Gronk-esque" on Sunday as he practiced in full pads for the first time since having back surgery.