Re: “On this date in Maine history: March 8,” by Joseph Owen: We appreciate your acknowledgment of this date and of some of Wilhelm Reich’s important contributions to the fields of psychoanalysis and body-oriented therapies; however, we must take issue with the repetition of baseless statements that Reich claimed the orgone energy accumulator could cure […]
March 2020
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Who will write the COVID-19 ‘hits’?
Calling all writers and musicians! I propose a contest to share information about preventing the spread of coronavirus: 1) Check the facts at www.cdc.gov. 2) Put words to music and post them on YouTube. 3) share your creation via social media – including the Press Herald. Who wins? The song with the most “hits.” For […]
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Letter to the editor: Early voting distorts political process
Lawmakers should make Election Day voting easier, but absentee ballot access more difficult.
Posted inCommunity News
Births
ST. MARY’S REGIONAL HOSPITAL Lee Allen Hemond, Jr., born Feb. 23 to Rita and Lee Hemond of Lewiston and Minot. Grandparents are Jannine and Albert Hemond of Minot and Michael Hyson of Waldoboro. Great-grandparent is Margaret Ann Boyle of Waldoboro. Anna-Lysia Elyzabeth Leighton, born Feb. 24 to Dorothy Leighton of Lewiston. Grandparent is Theresa Leighton […]
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: March 10
March 10, 1996: Portland entrepreneur James Finley announces a plan to set up an ocean trading route between Portland and Iceland, exporting hardwood to Iceland and importing frozen cod and lamb. Finley, who operates three Portland-based fishing boats, says his first trading vessel, a 198-foot steel freighter, would arrive within the week at the Custom […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Shrinking Long Creek a good first step
A bill that would fund community-based treatment programs would cut the juvenile corrections population in half.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Sen. Eloise Vitelli: Putting Patients First in our health care system
Too many families in Maine and across the country are struggling to cover the cost of their health care. Paying for prescriptions, emergency treatment or even routine checkups can put a serious strain on household finances. It shouldn’t be like that. That’s why last year, I stood with my colleagues in the Senate to introduce […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: In times of grief, brothers and sisters are often forgotten
There is a hierarchy of grief, and our understandable sympathy for parents and children should not overwhelm the support that siblings need.
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Letter to the editor: Collins helped save aid for rural schools
Our thanks to Sen. Susan Collins, along with a bipartisan group of 19 Senate colleagues, for securing a one-year delay in changes to a federal education program that serves the most rural, needy students in our country. A U.S. Education Department decision meant over 800 rural schools were set to lose funding next year, including […]
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Briefs
BUCKSPORT Volunteers sought for Bridge the Gap Race Main Street Bucksport is seeking volunteers to help out at the Eighth Annual Bridge the Gap Race, scheduled for May 2 in the downtown area. Volunteers are needed to staff water stations along the course, help runners at key turns, assist at the finish line and more. […]
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