As a resident of House District 90, here in Auburn, it’s “comforting” to know that the majority party in Augusta has seen fit to restore our collective voices. As we all know, earlier in the session our representative, Laurel Libby, had the audacity to question the legislative leadership’s perspective on social media posts, and was […]

I agree with Karen Levine Egee’s July 7 op-ed stating that people are basically good. But we in America have been trained over a long period of time to think that, in order to feel good about ourselves, more is better. We are good people and don’t need more and more to be happy. President […]

Our local legislators deserve a big thank you for supporting LD 814, the Older Mainers Act. This important legislation allows Agencies on Aging to address needs at the local level. Championed by Rep. Kristin Cloutier, and supported by Sen. Peggy Rotundo among many others from our region, this funding will allow agencies to address older […]

We have learned that Sen. Susan Collins is out for herself and not for the dear people of the state of Maine. Please do not be swayed by her “final” vote against the recent budget bill that is completely harmful to all Mainers in one way or another. Please do see that she was the […]

I’m writing to commend a letter in Monday’s July 7 paper, “Avelo Airlines must be held accountable for deportation flights.” I, like the writer, am disturbed and disgusted that this is happening at the Jetport in Portland. Thank you, Press Herald, for bringing it to the attention of Maine citizens. I also want to thank […]

I was shocked and angered after reading the bold heading on Wednesday, July 2, declaring Sen. Collins voted against President Trump’s horrible policy bill. Shame on you. It doesn’t take a professional journalist to understand that Collins was instrumental in the successful passage of the bill by voting it out of committee. That was the […]