Now a Maine Water employee who started working at a Biddeford water treatment plant 56 years ago – before he finished high school – finally has called it a day and started sleeping in.
June 2022
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s celebrate Title IX and the future of women’s sports
A new generation of female athletes are fulfilling the promises that were made 50 years ago.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Outlawing abortion is not ‘pro-life’
On the contrary, for some it will be a death sentence.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Gov. Mills is from Venus, former Gov. LePage is from Mars
The candidates in November’s gubernatorial election are both Mainers, but they might as well come from different planets.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Religious beliefs should not drive abortion policy
First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” Surely it follows that legislators and courts likewise must not introduce personal religious beliefs into laws or decisions, but this is exactly what is happening. Let alone the misinterpreting of the Constitution, the repeal of Roe […]
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Kneading Conference returns to Skowhegan for 15th year
Also, a new bakery opening in the West End will offer pay-forward options, Definitive Brewing opens a beer garden in Old Orchard Beach and Dover-Foxcroft celebrates a new bar and lounge.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: Readers look at SCOTUS ruling, Jan. 6 committee and Israel’s place in the world
Thanks to SCOTUS, gun owners have more rights than women Why this Supreme Court has proclaimed that individual states (New York) can not limit the rights of gun owners by clearing the way for anyone to openly carry a gun but then says that states can control a woman’s right to health choices is extremely […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins failed women with court votes
What will Sen. Susan Collins do to hold accountable the justices whom she says lied to her so they could secure her approval at their confirmation hearings? Lives will be destroyed. Raped women and girls will be forced to carry to term. Children who were raped by a relative will be forced to carry to […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Hearing shows how Trump brought democracy to the brink
Americans who believe in democratic values must learn the lessons provided by the Jan. 6 hearings. If not, authoritarians certainly will.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Time to expand, balance the Supreme Court
To protect our reproductive freedoms, we need to expand the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Act of 2021 would add four new seats to the Supreme Court, bringing the number of justices to 13. It would help restore balance to a court that Mitch McConnell has packed with right-wing extremists who just dismantled abortion care in […]