We are so very lucky to have Natalie West running as a candidate for South Portland City Council. I’ve known Natalie for many years and her concern for our city, and her actions, most often quietly, behind the scenes, have resulted in South Portland becoming a better place for all of us to live. As a […]
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
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Maine Voices: How to remove obstacles on our path to universal health care
Final approval or rejection of a state-based universal health care plan could be left to voters, rather than politicians.
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Commentary: My case for Charter Commission proposals, one by one
I’m one of the 12 commissioners who worked on the measures, and I’m urging Portlanders to vote yes on all eight.
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Letter to the editor: What the queen’s death means to me
For some of her subjects in Greater Portland, this is both a historic and a personally meaningful moment.
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Maine Voices: More effort must be made to protect children in state care
Meaningful reform of Maine’s Office of Child and Family Services will require input from people with firsthand experience of its workings.
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Commentary: Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out.
Executive privilege is a privilege of the office, not the person who occupies it.
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Maine Voices: Casco Bay Trail faces an important test. Let’s hope it passes.
The challenges of the last several years have only strengthened people’s love for the outdoors. A multi-use off-road loop is the way to go.
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Commentary: Closing schools should be the last option in a pandemic
Education losses might have been justified if it could be shown remote learning saved children’s lives. It can’t.
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Commentary: It’s all downhill for Portland food trucks on Cutter Street
A failed lottery followed by a failed pilot program has left food truck owners like us down 40 percent so far this year.
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Maine Voices: The next American climate disaster can be averted
A huge oil drilling project known as Willow is set for the North Slope of Alaska. The plan makes a mockery of U.S. climate commitments.