Regarding the Press Herald’s March 3 article, I am writing in opposition to the proposed Live Nation concert hall. My wife and I regularly go to concerts and events in Portland, and we are concerned that the out-of-state corporate ownership of this venue could do great financial harm to the existing venues and our local […]

Joe Lawlor must have drunk the Kool-Aid that Trump has been passing out. In his almost-excellent lead article on Saturday, March 8, “Social Security reverses course, will allow parents to register newborns at hospitals,” Mr. Lawlor describes the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as being “advised by Elon Musk.” What? While Trump has […]

The United States has always supported countries at times of war. Ukraine is no exception to this. The Biden administration sent billions of taxpayers’ dollars to fund its efforts and got nothing in return. President Zelensky was disrespectful in the Oval Office, to the president and to the people of the United States. Expecting to […]

My great-granddaughter is over 6 feet tall and weighs over 185 pounds. She is a girl. Her physique comes from my husband’s side of the family. Our son is over 6 feet tall. However, I am just over 5 feet and weigh about 110 pounds. There is no way someone my size can feel comfortable […]

I consider myself a middle-of-the-road independent. I believe in democracy and recognize that President Trump won the election and deserves the chance to advance his agenda. But that does not give him the right to violate our Constitution and ignore laws passed by Congress. I object to his closing USAID and ending foreign aid, a […]

I am very much saddened and a bit upset concerning the closing of Inland Hospital (previously known as Waterville Osteopathic Hospital). I honed my management skills as a clinical laboratory scientist, taking the position of director of the clinical laboratory there in the early 1990s. I met some of the most professional, dedicated, intelligent, hard-working […]

As a longtime independent voter and firm believer in free speech, I support the right of Bob Rudis to express his views, but found his recent op-ed piece (“Susan Collins’ betrayal of Maine demands accountability,” March 15) to be a prime example of what’s wrong with our public policy discourse these days. Disagreeing with Sen. […]