Advertising

Editor's note: Justin is handing over the reins to guest blogger Travis Kennedy today.

It's the news that sells newspapers, but it's advertising that keeps us in business.

Many web surfers despise them. Others go so far as to install ad-blocking software so they don't have to look at them. Say what you want about online advertisements, but at the end of the day, online ads help pay the bills. Like any business, we need to bring in revenue to thrive.

We've recently unveiled some new technology that allows visitors to the sites to read our special sections on the web just as they appear in print.

We've got our first general election ads from the two 1st District Congressional candidates, Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers.

Democrat Chellie Pingree's latest TV ad tells a personal story. In it, she says that her brother died of cancer, but only after bankrupting his family while fighting the disease.

Democrat Ethan Strimling is now on the air with a TV ad focused on the wealth gap. "There's one gulf war I do want to fight," Strimling says while walking outside the Palace Diner in Biddeford. "That's the gulf between the very rich and the rest of us."

Republicans Dean Scontras and Charlie Summers are sparring over a new radio ad that Scontras' campaign has released. The two are vying for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District.

Chellie Pingree, who's in a six-way race for the Democratic nomination in Maine's 1st Congressional District, finds herself under fire this week for her position on the Iraq War.

Republican congressional candidate Dean Scontras released his first radio ad this morning. Campaign Manager Michael Pajak said that the commercial is currently airing on talk stations WLOB and WGAN.