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Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett is a strong woman, but that doesn’t make her right for high court

by Monica Hesse The Washington Post October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

We don’t have to support giving one of the nation’s most powerful jobs to a woman who’d use it to take away other women’s rights.

by Doreen Fournier Special to the Press Herald October 10, 2020October 9, 2020

Treat this substance like any other age-restricted product by safely storing it and modeling healthy behaviors.

by Steven Edmondson Special to the Press Herald October 3, 2020October 2, 2020

‘It’s all true,’ the young woman, no longer afraid to speak up, told her mother after a year of assaults, threats and insults.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal September 20, 2020September 19, 2020

People who make a commitment to serve something bigger than themselves are not ‘suckers’ or ‘losers.’

by Deborah C. Martin Special to the Press Herald September 3, 2020December 21, 2021

A member of a practical generation that didn’t complain, this writer’s grandmother would have met the crisis head-on.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal August 30, 2020August 29, 2020

A return visit in the time of COVID is an occasion to share one-way trails with masked families, all there to check out a variety of critters.

by Steven Price Special to the Telegram August 30, 2020August 29, 2020

For one grandfather, letters on personalized stationery bridge the distance between Kennebunkport and Florida.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

What do we choose to save? Old newspapers and a cryptic Post-it made the grade for the writer’s late father.

by Sam Surprise Special to the Press Herald June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

Going to a favorite restaurant involves a social exchange that’s hard to replace when the business is closed.

by Roy Miller, M.D Special to the Press Herald June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

It is time for older folks to accept young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning.