Columbus Day

Another Maine city has scrapped the traditional holiday, in favor of a more fact-based observance.

We asked you whether or not Columbus Day should be changed here in Maine. These are the results.

News broke today that the City of Bangor has decided to rename Columbus Day "Indigenous Peoples' Day," and there seem to be wicked strong opinions on both sides of this issue.

Happy Thanksgiving! For those of us living just a short jog from the Canadian border, we can almost smell the roast turkey and pumpkin pie wafting gingerly through the crisp northern Maine air.

Lots of folks from both sides of the border will have long weekends in honor of two holidays: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day.

Happy Thanksgiving! For those of us living just a short jog from the Canadian border, we can almost smell the roast turkey and pumpkin pie wafting gingerly through the frosty Northern Maine air. What a delicious piece of Canadian ingenuity: celebrating Thanksgiving on the 2nd Monday of October. This is one of those times I think the U.S. should take its cue from Canada.