Physical therapists trained in protocol for Parkinson’s treatment

FARMINGTON — Four care team members at Franklin Memorial Hospital are trained in LSVT BIG, a specialized physical therapy program designed to help individuals with Parkinson’s disease improve their movement and overall functional abilities. Annie Gray, Gwen Davis, Marco Madison and Ian McLaughlin are qualified to deliver the therapy program for patients, via one-on-one, hourlong […]

Rich Lowry: Dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the right call

It’s understandable that “father of the atom bomb,” J. Robert Oppenheimer, would have qualms about the unfathomable horror inflicted on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but launching these attacks was clearly the right decision.

Austin Bay: Confronting China’s rising strength on the seas

Is a war with China likely? We are in what is now sometimes called the “Davidson window of vulnerability” versus China. In 2021 former Indo-Pacific Combatant Commander Adm. Phil Davidson told the Senate Armed Services Committee China’s leaders were “accelerating their ambitions to supplant the U.S.” and might attack within the next six years — 2027.

Froma Harrop: News flash: Companies don’t want to lose money

After decades of making good money, what’s causing insurers to report less-than-zero profits after paying claims? It’s the parade of cataclysmic weather events made worse by rising temperatures. There have always been hurricanes. But warming sea surface temperatures are already spawning more very destructive Category 4 and 5 hurricanes.

Alex Lear: Learics: The joys of being ‘yold’

I’m glad to have the perspective of youth and older age. A happy medium. Middle of the road. A gradually graying guy wearing that old COOT shirt.

Cal Thomas: Irony at the border

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is doing the job the Biden administration refuses to do, and that is to enforce laws against unlawful border crossings that have been enacted by Republican and Democratic administrations.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, July 30

Angela and Tim Delorme: Harmon would be an excellent Auburn mayor

We’d like to encourage people who live in Auburn to talk to Jeff Harmon, who is running for the city’s mayor this fall. Many citizens like to vote early, so it’s important to know now who’s willing to help run our city. Jeff is a good neighbor and friend who has been visiting all of […]

Jason Judd: Program addresses lack of skilled workers, capital investments need

This regards “Gov. Mills launches Dirigo Business Incentive Program at Lisbon’s Springworks Farm” (July 26). Eight years ago the MaineSpark coalition of business leaders, nonprofits, schools, universities and other partners came together to establish Maine’s education attainment goal: by 2025, 60% of adults will hold a post-secondary credential valued by our businesses and industry. We’ve […]

Clarence Page: A ‘woke’ military? Don’t forget the messy race relations that got us here

As I see today’s generation of congressional Republicans wage their seemingly endless war against the “woke,” I cannot help but wonder: Do these folks have any idea of how turbulent the issue of military diversity used to be?