In an Aug. 17 op-ed on climate change (“There are no positive effects of climate change – especially not in Maine), the writer says there is no upside to pouring millions of tons of carbon into our thin atmosphere, which is all that stands between humans and the black abyss of space. How to avert […]

People should go to their computer or to the Portland Stage box office and get tickets to the current production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard and so loud, with tears pouring from my eyes, an experience that was so desperately needed in the current […]

After reading Jonah Davids’ Aug. 16 opinion piece, “Maine DOE should not be stirring fear of artificial intelligence,” I was stunned. My experience attending a similar session of the Department of Education (DOE)’s “Measure What Matters: What Makes a Great School in Maine” in Westbrook, on Aug. 13, was completely the opposite. Then I remembered […]

Thank you for the front-page review of Rep. Jared Golden’s performance and philosophy as a representative in our Second District. I have admired this man from the onset of his election to the 2nd Maine Congressional District and I, living in Portland, cannot vote for him. A while ago I chose to go to an […]

In the “Ask Maine Audubon” column in the Aug. 18 edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram (“Muskrats in the pond are not a nuisance”), Doug Hitchcox wrote, “Beavers, despite being one of the most fascinating and important ecosystem engineers, are often disliked for their ability to impact environments by cutting down trees and damming waterways.” […]