I’m writing in response to an Aug. 3 Portland Press Herald article about a shift in enrollment away from Deering High School. High school enrollment numbers fluctuate annually because we allow students to choose which high school to attend, but notably fewer ninth-graders have chosen Deering this fall. Portland’s public high schools offer a learning […]

Portland residents are complaining about Rock Row concerts in Westbrook. The concerts are only held for two hours every two weeks. Buy some earmuffs! What Portland residents should be complaining about is losing the concerts that were performed on the Maine State Pier and losing the huge amount of revenue that those concerts generated. Ed […]

The duplexes are marching into Falmouth at an ever-increasing pace. It makes no difference to our Town Council that we want to remain a community of single-family homes. Tuscan Way, a project that will result in 18 more families, crammed into a space that would normally only contain three to four single-family homes, is beginning […]

When school starts, in a few weeks, it’ll be the beginning of my 14th year teaching at Deering High School in Portland. The recent front-page article about the disparity in enrollment numbers between Portland and Deering high schools (“Deering enrollment tumbles as school wrestles with discipline,” Aug. 3) suggests that a few high-profile incidents last […]

It happens every summer, and seems to be increasing along with the ever-rising temperature: dogs left in hot cars. I’ve called the police often and I’ve also confronted the perpetrators; mostly, I regret that move because of the abusive language and personal threats that are launched at me. Nevertheless, I persist in this crusade because […]

We are not free from gun violence, because “We” cannot pass rational background-check legislation; “We” cannot prohibit military-type weapon and magazine sales and fund a national buyback of such killers; “We” cannot prohibit open-carry ordinances and restrict concealed-weapon permits to present and retired law enforcement personnel, and “We” cannot pass safe-school legislation to ensure that […]

Bad drivers. How bitterly we complain about them. The cops should stop them. Speed limits should be lowered. “They” need to fix the problem! “They” are us. We, the people, can solve this. Be a good driver. No more driving and texting, putting on makeup, juggling fries and a dripping burger. No speeding, tailgaiting or […]

The crime of conspiracy is an intentional agreement between at least two people to commit a crime and then act on it. Donald Trump’s inner circle cooperated too many times with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, maybe enough for the crime of receiving help to sway an election from a foreign power. Many of those meetings […]

Has anybody noticed how much President Trump acts like a wannabe dictator? He loves the dictators of Saudi Arabia, North Korea, China and, Russia. He tells us that, quite often. He knows nothing about tact; all he does is bully people everywhere. Please do not re-elect him. He’s a tyrant. Keep your eyes open, people […]