Some members of the Maine Legislature have announced that they are sponsoring bills to punish Whole Foods for not selling lobster. This effort is mean-spirited and misdirected. The legislators’ efforts, and the efforts of anyone concerned about the lobster industry, should be aimed at obtaining scientific studies to prove once and for all that right […]

Do you suppose you could stop publishing photos of Donald Trump? I find his self-satisfied smirk disgusting and would really like not to see it anymore. Gail Knowles Falmouth

A few days ago, Central Maine Power customers were greeted by an email with the seemingly innocuous subject line, “A message from Joe Purington, CMP President and CEO.” Instead, the note announced a whopping 49% increase in the standard offer price for electricity supply, on the heels of an 80% increase from last year. But […]

Re: “Negotiations heating up over plan to provide energy relief” (Dec. 6, Page A1): The Portland Press Herald’s energy relief story mentioned a draft plan to send $450 for individuals earning up to $75,000 and $900 for joint filers who earn up to $150,000. It never occurred to me that it cost twice as much […]

Rather than arguing over competing harms, the case before the Supreme Court involving graphic designer Lorie Smith v. the State of Colorado should focus on the key issue: A ruling in favor of Ms. Smith would force the state of Colorado to accept a two-tier legal system. It would have one set of laws to […]

Donald Trump is once again calling for a coup. On his Truth Social platform, he wrote: “Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and […]

After reading the letter from Scott Miller, a staff writer from PETA, in the Dec. 1 Press Herald (“Whole Foods makes mindful choice by ending Maine lobster sales”), I felt compelled to write and offer what I have learned about lobsters in my 50-plus years of fishing for them. Mr. Miller states that lobsters have […]

I am writing about the photo in the Press Herald Business section (Dec. 3, Page C1). The one with the swan sitting among trash, etc., on the banks of the Danube River in Serbia. This photo breaks my heart! How can humans be so careless? I had tears seeing this photo. So I felt a […]