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GUEST COLUMN by John McDonald: Going fast got slow start in Maine

By John McDonald Albert Einstein — one of the smartest guys who ever lived — once said, “There is more to life than just increasing…

GUEST COLUMN by John McDonald: Maine, the way fashion should be

By John McDonald When I’m not sitting at a computer writing, I often spend a lot of time traveling around New England, entertaining at banquets,…

GUEST COLUMN by John McDonald: Celebrating free enterprise the old-fashioned way

By John McDonald Memorial Day in Maine — our first “warm weather” holiday — is many things. It has always been a special day in…

GUEST COLUMN by John McDonald: Tourists? It’s our policy…

By John McDonald As tourist season approaches, it’s time to review our state’s policies on tourists, tourism and other seasonal enterprises. As we all know,…

FEATURE COLUMN by John McDonald: The season of the black fly

By John McDonald Did you see that article in the paper the other day about black flies? I had to laugh when I saw it…

FEATURE COLUMN by John McDonald: March is Maine meeting month

By John McDonald If the traditional New England town meeting didn’t exist, we here in Maine would have to invent it just to add a…

FEATURE COLUMN By John McDonald: Maine homes that move

By John McDonald Frank “from away” has written one of the longest emails ever sent here to Storyteller Central. He writes: “John, I’m new to…

FEATURE COLUMN by John McDonald: Maine March explained, more or less

By John McDonald As I sit here writing this week’s column, the snow outside keeps falling — sometimes vertically, sometimes horizontally — but always falling….