June 2022 – Page 230 – The Portland Press Herald

Community meals

June 6, 2022June 3, 2022

FRIDAY Curbside Souper Supper, including a bagged container of homemade soup, rolls and dessert. 5 to 6 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Free and available to the Greater Portland Community. Contact: Beth Shaw at admin@smary.org or call 781-3366. SATURDAY Baked bean supper, with beans, hotdogs, pasta, corn bread, rolls, salads, pickles, […]

Times Record Opinion

Jase Graves: Now is the summer of my discontent

by Jase Graves Guest column June 6, 2022June 3, 2022

As I sit here in my uneasy chair, I can hear the screams and guffaws of what sound like about 500 teenagers in my backyard swimming pool for my middle daughter’s high school graduation party, and I wonder if a sufficient supply of chlorine shock treatments exists for that water ever to recover. Even the […]

Letters

Letter to the Editor: DA candidate Sartoris ‘walks the walk’

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022

On June 14, there is an important Democratic primary which will determine who will be the District Attorney for Cumberland County. I will be voting for Jacqueline Sartoris. While words are important, I tend to prefer candidates who walk the walk instead of just talk the talk. Jackie Sartoris was there advocating for measures to […]

Times Record Opinion

Dick Polman: Here in Arsenal America, everything old is new again

by Dick Polman Guest column June 6, 2022June 3, 2022

So here we go again. Politicians of all stripes will offer their “thoughts” and “prayers” to the victims’ families. Special-interest groups on the right will cite the latest bloodbath as proof that we need more gun ownership. And cable television will rerun the same video clips umpteen times, fill the airways with talking ranters, and […]

Letters

Letter to the Editor: GOP takes ‘anti-life’ stance on guns

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022

The Republicans touts themselves as the “pro-life” party. Tell that to the parents of those children slaughtered in Uvalde,Texas. If you’re a fetus, Republicans are tripping over themselves to protect you. But if you’re a third or fourth grader, well, you’re on your own – literally, dialing 911. And their solution to the epidemic gun […]