I am voting for Pine Tree Power because I want my kids to grow up in a livable climate. We already know that a key to addressing the climate crisis is switching to renewable energy, and quickly. CMP has shown, time and again, that it’s not really interested. It has dragged its feet on connecting […]

With the closing of so many birthing units (“York Hospital to close its birthing center this month,” Sept. 12), it might be a good idea to provide more delivery training and retraining for EMTs and some police units. William Ferrigno Alfred

Central Maine Power just woke me from a nap with a recorded message informing all that a recent power outage was caused by an event beyond their control – a tree falling on Mosher Road – and that power was restored within 20 minutes to over 1,000 customers. Brilliant! Someone at CMP or their PR […]

If we haven’t figured out yet that fossil fuels are doing us major harm, after the year we’ve just had, we’re in big trouble. With so much warming already baked in above us, we must clearly plan for a more hopeful future to preserve as much as we can of the Maine we love. That’s […]

The Republican Party has always supported the military. Recently, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been holding the Pentagon hostage by refusing to promote military personnel. Currently, 31 admirals who have been approved, and who Tuberville voted to approve, cannot be promoted. The Marines are without a Senate-confirmed commandant for the first time in more than […]

What do we do to care compassionately for our unhoused friends who have no place to go, no safety, no shelter when it rains or gets cold? I was really sad when I learned about the “sweeps” of homeless encampments happening in Portland. A “sweep” is when unhoused people’s camps are destroyed and people are […]

Landscaping with eco-friendly plants, rewilding, has become a thing and none too soon. Twenty-five years ago, my husband and I bought 8 wooded acres in Scarborough and told the landscaper of the newly built, single-story house that he could only plant what was already there. And, specifically, no grass. He had plenty of leeway; juniper, […]