Autumn has once again splashed her delightful array of colors with shameless abandon across Maine’s landscapes. In a world of 24-hour news cycles, a walk in the woods at this time of year restores one’s soul. On this afternoon, during this walk, the question came to me: “Why are we constantly at war?” The conflict […]

Whoever made the decision to destroy the Insight section of the Maine Sunday Telegram should be taken behind the woodshed (“Our View: Count on confusion,” Oct. 16, Pages D1-D3). Local politics and questions on the ballot are very interesting and important for people living in the area. I had no idea that the Insight section […]

Maine has two election deniers running for election on Nov. 8: Paul LePage and Bruce Poliquin (according to The Washington Post, with the motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness”). Efforts to investigate LePage’s and Poliquin’s Big Lie (that duly elected President Biden actually lost in 2020) have been robust, honest, trustworthy. Not a scintilla of evidence […]

Re: “A swarm of omicron variants awaits us this winter,” by Washington Post reporter Carolyn Y. Johnson, Oct. 20, Page A1: These many COVID-19 variants seem to be hitting us easily. So, my vaccine is now useless or a thing similar? What would COVID have done if we didn’t get our inoculation(s)? Would it be […]

I have nothing against our Scarborough library or the approximately 27 percent of residents who use it. I also don’t disagree that the library could perhaps use more space. Who couldn’t use more space, even as a homeowner? But this proposed library expansion, at nearly three times the size it is now, is extremely excessive. […]

Many Cape Elizabeth residents learned for the first time this past August that the town was proposing a $116 million bond to fund the largest and most expensive K-8 project ever proposed in Maine’s history, increasing local property taxes by at least 24 percent for the next 30 years. An expenditure of this magnitude requires […]

As an architect with 25 years of experience, who works in Portland and is involved in commercial-institutional projects, I fully support the process leading up to the proposed design of the new Cape Elizabeth elementary and middle schools. The selection of Colby Engineering and Simons Architects occurred through a formal request for proposal and interview-selection […]

In a democracy, elected public officials answer to the people. I’m grateful to all the candidates who participate in forums and voter guides. The League of Women Voters of Maine‘s nonpartisan voter guide is currently online at VOTE411.org and in print. This information is in nine languages at LWVME.org/elections. We, the electorate, often struggle to […]