The political rhetoric for the upcoming 2022 midterm elections has exceeded even the lowered standards that most people would consider to be acceptable. The way things are going, I expect the candidates for the 2024 p residential election, instead of shaking hands, will exchange middle fingers. Case in point, the recent ad for Republican Senate […]
June 2022
Another View: Airline passengers deserve better
Airlines are overbooking and overpromising in an attempt to recoup revenue lost during the pandemic.
Letter to the editor: Time to wake up on gun violence
My definition of an assault weapon might help letter writer Richard Aspinall. (“There’s no real definition of assault weapons,” June 21) An assault weapon: a military weapon created to kill; to kill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. Mr. Aspinall wants us to wake up. I wake up to an America that […]
Letter to the editor: Congress should not mess with big tech
For the first time in many Americans’ lives they are facing an unprecedented economic landscape. Skyrocketing inflation and interest rates, high gas prices, and even a baby formula shortage. However, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her colleagues think it’s time to take on a pet project to hammer big technology companies, who offer services and platforms […]
Commentary: Why Trump may really be in criminal jeopardy now
Witnesses document how threats of violence are part of the former president’s political program.
Obituary: Priscilla Wieland
SCARBOROUGH – Priscilla Wieland, 90, a renaissance woman, wife, mother, grandmother to five boys, aunt, sister and friend, passed away peacefully …
Obituary: Pearl Marie McIntire
STANDISH – Pearl Marie McIntire, 67, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2022, at The Gorham House.
She was born in Portland …
Obituary: Mary Margaret (Johnson) Collins
FALMOUTH – Mary Margaret (Johnson) Collins, of Falmouth, born Dec. 18, 1933, in Nahant, Mass., passed away June 19, 2022 at …
Stanley Cup Final: Lightning stay alive, force Game 6 in Tampa
Ondrej Palat’s goal with 6:22 remaining gives Tampa Bay a 3-2 win over the Avalanche, cutting its series deficit to 3-2.
Some U.S. clinics stop doing abortions as ruling takes hold
In some states, clinics have stopped performing abortions for fear of prosecution, sending women away in tears.