Peer support groups for people living with chronic pain are underutilized in the state of Maine. With the ongoing opioid crisis, health care providers are having a hard time creating the tailored treatment plans that are needed for people living with chronic pain. This is why I feel it is imperative that health care facilities […]
March 2020
Letter to the editor: Maine delegation silent after Barr caves on Trump ally’s sentence
Where are Maine’s U.S. congressional members? They have remained silent after Attorney General William Barr’s sentence reduction of President Trump’s former campaign adviser Roger Stone. On Feb. 16, over 2,000 former Justice Department officials wrote an open letter calling for William Barr to step down, after he intervened to reduce the Justice Department’s sentencing guidelines […]
Bill aimed at lifting shroud of secrecy covering police surveillance advances
Rep. Charlotte Warren introduced the measure after the Maine Sunday Telegram reported that state police are using a provision in Maine law to conceal whether they are using technologies capable of mass surveillance of citizens.
Letter to the editor: Respecting private property will save lives
Why is it that whenever someone gets hit by a train (re: “Man killed by train was walking to pharmacy, relative says,” Feb. 21, Page C1), the reporter never mentions that the individual involved was trespassing? Railroad rights of way are private property and people should not be on or alongside the tracks at any […]
Peter Funt: Who offers the RX for troubled times?
A worsening coronavirus outbreak could injure President Trump’s re-election prospects, although no reasonable American would hope for a medical crisis to tip an election. But what about Democrats? How might a pandemic affect their nomination contest? A spiraling health emergency would create a dramatic shift, thrusting two candidates to the forefront: former Vice President Joe […]
Maine Voices: Ranked-choice presidential primaries would give boost to moderates
Though Bernie Sanders would still lead, poll results show clearly that Democrats are more evenly split than declaring a plurality leader as the winner suggests.
Friends of Baxter State Park: Cherished park not part of power line debate
Hydro-Quebec’s use of Baxter State Park imagery in an ad supporting a transmission line is deceptive and manipulative.
Obituary: Robert G. Shirley, Jr.
VEAZIE – It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Robert Shirley Jr. after his 17-year battle with …
Obituary: Christine Weber Huber
HARPSWELL – Christine Weber Huber, 69, left her earthly dwelling on Feb. 28, 2020.
Chris was born in Washington, DC and was …
Obituary: Laurette G. Raymond
BRUNSWICK – Laurette G. Raymond, 94, died Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020 at Brentwood Center, Yarmouth.
She was born June 16, 1925 in …