Over the past several weeks, I have had to drive along routes 5 and 113 in Cumberland, Oxford and York counties. Last week, while returning home to Westbrook from Gorham, New Hampshire, tree crews, public service crews from Fryeburg, working with road flag guards, were sawing and removing damaged trees along both shoulders of Route […]

The country has spent years asking and answering the question how crazy Trump has become, and we believed that answering that question would influence how people would vote. The never-ending cycle of news about his behavior sold a lot of advertising, but I am certain that our attempts to answer that question did not reduce […]

Major League Baseball, do the right thing.

Thank you for the excellent article in the Dec. 8 Sunday Telegram on Thaea Lloyd and her efforts to control Asiatic bittersweet on Peaks Island (“To combat an invasive plant, a Peaks Island woman has persuaded her neighbors to adopt endangered trees). Bittersweet in a scourge in Maine and people are slowly becoming more aware […]

There are few things more dangerous than the fool who doesn’t know that he is a fool, and the measure of that danger equals the authority with which he is invested. Enter Donald Trump. Sen. Collins and her colleagues have the constitutional duty to protect our nation from the likes of Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, […]

Your excellent Nov. 22 article about ESOL classes in the Portland area left out one important provider. Hope House offers remote classes on both WhatsApp and Zoom, serving a wide population of students with three levels of English ability. The Hope House English Language Program (HHELP) has been teaching since 2017 and is well known […]

The 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is a simple statement: “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” It has been 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress, and more than […]

Going back at least as far as the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, Sen. Susan Collins has clearly shown a tendency to acquiesce to the moment and abrogate her responsibility to delve deeply and to carefully “advise and consent.” Now, faced with a large number of cabinet and other nominees of questionable qualifications, and perhaps even more […]