Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people.

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land.

Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.

You've stolen more of a man's property because it's land he owns but can't use. We robbed people of their right to use 25 feet of that buffer zone,