I am writing to thank the unknown person who so kindly and anonymously found my checkbook, which must have fallen out of my pocketbook at Bayside Bowl, and drove it all the way to my home in South Portland. It’s wonderful to know that kind, thoughtful people still exist. The fact that this Good Samaritan […]

I enjoyed reading the Jan. 13 op-ed “Alcoholic beverages should warn about cancer.” More than 100 years ago, alcoholic beverages were vital to sterilizing what humans drank and ate in an era where our understanding of bacteria was primitive or nonexistent. Before pasteurization, alcohol was the cheapest and best means to sterilize food in an […]

Let’s not forget, the billionaires have long played different sets of society against each other. Poor and struggling middle class Black people and white people have often been set against each other as a strategy to divide and weaken the people. Right now, we are seeing the billionaires again play puppeteer with both the Republican […]

Thank you to Travis Lazarczyk for the Jan. 15 Press Herald column in praise of referees. We love to support our student athletes, cheering them on in their games, and I like to think the kids appreciate our enthusiastic pride. As a grandmother, I feel embarrassed by adults in the crowd, red in the face […]

I am proud that the Maine Legislature has passed a law mandating a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases. I was, therefore, disappointed to read in Jan. 16 Press Herald that House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham is sponsoring a bill to eliminate this law. Why would he do this in the face of strong […]