Recently, Sen. Susan Collins introduced the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act and co-sponsored the complementary Promoting Grid Storage Act. As a member of the Portland business community working to advance clean and efficient energy generation and storage solutions, I appreciate the goals of these bills and hope Congress will work to enact them. Energy […]

I was selected through a competitive process by the Friends of the World War II Memorial to participate in their teachers conference from July 16-20, that included breakfast inside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. I am the first teacher from Maine to be selected for this educational program, where 40 teachers from around the country […]

Political divisions in America grow deeper and more distressing and are manifested in both public and private domains. Members of Congress spend much of their time attacking each other and not attacking our problems. Friends and families are estranged from each other over politics. “Social” media make it possible for us all to insult, publicly, […]

With the abundance of reporting about domestic violence in Maine that the Press Herald and Sunday Telegram have done over the past year, why is it still the subject of comedic efforts? The last two weeks in the cartoon “Get Fuzzy” by Darby Conley, depictions of violence and violence potential have been front and center […]

Janet Mills has the correct position on the CMP line. The pluses far outweigh the negatives of the project. 53 miles of new powerlines and their right of ways placed in predominantly cutover forest is not going to cause significant damage to wildlife or tourism. Most of the tourists visiting Maine live in southern New […]

Donald Trump was wrong to say “send her back.” It was “over the line.” He’s frustrated. “The Squad,” Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressely, are all women; are all Americans; are all minorities; are all college educated; are all financially secure; are all elected officials at the federal level – and […]

As a former lobsterman, I applaud former Gov. LePage for sending a letter to President Trump opposing proposed environmental policies that would negatively impact our state’s signature lobstering industry. The proposed regulations would force lobstermen to fish differently than before, as the policy reduces the number of lobster buoys in Maine fisheries by 50 percent. […]