Decades ago, when we moved into our home near the Mercer Bog, my neighbor Scott and I had a friendly springtime game of predicting when the ice went out. “Ice-out” was when it was possible for a canoe to pass between the dam and the bridge about a quarter mile up stream. The person with […]

As fellow Vietnam combat veterans, we appreciate, support and agree with the recent opinion article by George Clark (“Opinion: We are watching democracy’s slow death,” March 7). We also are fearful of another four years of a Trump presidency, as George so well expressed. Kerry McCormack Cumberland Center Stanley Wentzell Kingston, N.H.

As a retiree with a MainePERS pension, I request that the MainePERS investment team divest from fossil fuel investments. Liquidate investments in individual fossil fuel corporations. Liquidate investments in funds with portfolios including fossil fuel industries. End relationships with banks having lengthy records of financing fossil fuel industries. I disagree with the chief executive’s interpretation […]

This letter is relevant any time of year, but since spring is in the air and because of a recent incident with my own dog, I feel compelled to write this letter and implore all of us who relish being out of doors with our beloved dog friends to please observe and be respectful of […]

The announcement that Sheriff Joel Merry and Sgt. Aaron Skolfield are both running for sheriff should be troubling to all residents of Sagadahoc County. In light of the Lewiston Commission’s interim report, it is clear that a change in leadership needs to happen in this department from the top down. But that change is definitely […]

Well, they want to double the price of a single passenger ticket to Peaks Island from $7 to $14 during the peak summer season. Common sense and good business practices say you should gradually raise prices over time to be decent to your customers. But if you have a social engineering purpose in mind that […]

President Biden’s State of the Union address was far better than previous performances I’ve seen from him. It was far more vigorous and far less gooey than I anticipated, and may have improved his chances for November. He did a good job showing how and why Donald Trump would be far worse, he stopped the […]

It’s unsettling that the South Portland teenager accused of planning a school shooting was inspired by the murderers behind the Columbine massacre. It prompts the question: What is Maine doing now to prevent disturbed inspiration from the mass shooting in Lewiston? Respectfully, I believe Mainers should call and write Gov. Mills and state representatives to […]