Portland parking prices are clearly diverting visitors to other markets. I have lived nearly my entire 60-plus years in the greater Portland area and worked for 30 years near the Portland Jetport. I hadn’t been out on the Casco Bay Islands in years. This summer, I decided to take the mail boat run, for the […]

First, a heartfelt thank you to Joe Biden for recognizing the moment and passing the baton to the next generation. Now he can take his rightful place as a respected and accomplished party elder. Wow! The choice in this year’s presidential election is now incredibly clear. On the one hand, we have a youthful, energetic, […]

The proposal, reported in the Press Herald Aug. 8, to designate the Frances Perkins home in Newcastle a national monument, would honor a truly great American, the architect of the great labor reforms of the New Deal. Less well known – because they were unsuccessful – are Perkins’s valiant efforts to establish national health insurance. […]

It is likely the majority of those reading this probably haven’t been following the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency response rulemaking. This is a serious matter that has the makings to completely change the face of volunteer fire protection services in rural towns across the majority of Maine, and the nation. For […]

Jim Fossel strikes again. A recent whine, that the Democratic Party “anointed Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee without giving voters a chance to have a say in the process” (Aug. 4), was ridiculous. It’s simply a matter of how our two-party system works. It would work the same way for the Republican Party […]

Being a teen in Biddeford varies for everyone. For me, it means participating in theatre, working hard for good grades, interning and taking every opportunity available. This summer, I interned at Heart of Biddeford through Jobs for Maine Graduates. As part of my internship, I created a survey to gather youth opinions on what should […]