“None of us outside City Hall knows everything occurring inside City Hall. We don’t sit in every meeting, participate in legally permitted executive sessions, receive every piece of legal advice or see every communication exchanged.”
OPINION
Letters to the Editor, Guest Columns, Editorials and more . . .
LETTER | Sheriff Bill King is a proven leader
“We should reelect the candidate with a proven track record of innovation, collaboration and leadership.”
OPINION | Biddeford taxpayers deserve more accountability, transparency
“This is not about attacking city employees or elected officials. It is about accountability and public confidence”
UPDATE | “I collapsed and learned some important lessons”
Sadly, so many of us – me included – take our community for granted. We focus so much on our differences, petty grievances, professional competition.
LETTER | Superintendent responds to PRIDE flag concerns
there’s no neutral option here. “Putting it up says something and taking it down says something too, and the kids it’s meant for would hear the second one loud and clear.”
OPINION | Should PRIDE flag be in an elementary school classroom?
“Topics involving sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity and related social issues are matters that I believe should be introduced and discussed by parents at home—not by teachers or through displays in an elementary school classroom.”
LETTER | UNE missed the mark in their response
“If UNE believes John Schafer’s August 30 letter contains “demonstrably false” statements, there is a remarkably simple solution: Identify each false statement. Quote it accurately. Produce the evidence contradicting it.”
OPINION | Disagreement Is Not Dishonesty
A response from the University of New England regarding “An Open Letter to Mayor Liam LaFountain and the Biddeford City Council” (Biddeford Gazette, Aug. 30, 2026)
OPINION | An open letter to Mayor Liam LaFountain and the Biddeford City Council
“Last year’s local elections of a new mayor and city councilors in Biddeford helped pave the way for a desperately needed course correction”
OPINION | Biddeford has an e-bike problem; we should address it before someone gets hurt
We shouldn’t wait until a child, senior, pedestrian—or one of these young riders—is seriously injured before deciding this was a problem worth addressing.
