I recall the first time the Maine Turnpike Authority’s Gorham connector was proposed. I did not think it was a good idea then and I remain unconvinced. I understand the complexities of development: traffic, organizational decisions, economic impacts, citizen needs and the myriad of issues that civic and government entities face. There is no simple […]

As a mother and retired physician, I join other health care workers from Maine, the U.S. and world who are horrified by the escalating death toll in Gaza. Innocent women, children and extended families are desperately trying to fend off starvation as bombs and weapons supplied to Israel by our country annihilate them. Have people […]

Loud huzzas for the wonderful stories on Sunday’s (March 17) Maine Sunday Telegram’s front page. Freediver Sumner and Cook Club’s Crosby are inspiring examples of how personal endurance (Sumner) and community-building efforts (Crosby) can succeed. What a great way to start a day. I’m not a Pollyanna, burying my head in the sand to escape […]

The answer to columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s question, “How do you stop a massacre?” is: don’t commit one. In her March 17 column, Ms. Hugo-Vidal compares the loss of life in Gaza to the killing of villagers by U.S. forces in My Lai, Vietnam in 1968. She could have used countless examples of civilian deaths, in […]

I read, with interest, Dr. Potvin’s opinion piece in Friday’s Press Herald, “We don’t really disagree on gun safety, do we?” (March 15). I thought about the pain and agony of the family members of the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston those first 72 hours after the shooting; how does this compare to […]

My response to the March 12 opinion piece, “Maine lobstermen will not be scapegoated over right whale,” is that I do blame the lobster industry for the deaths of right whales, entangled in their ropes. Previously, there were no identifying markers on their ropes allowing the lobster industry to escape responsibility. But there are others […]

I had hoped to testify in Augusta on March 7 in support of the proposed gun safety legislation but was unable to stay late enough to do so. I planned to say the following: Our daughter is an EMT who was working in Lisbon on Oct. 25, 2024. That night she called to report she […]