The most important issue facing voters on Nov. 8 should be the continuance of our democracy because many have decided to put their political party above our country. When Republicans on the ballot refuse to say they will accept the verdict of the voters, our form of government is in danger. What’s going on here […]

According to the Maine Sunday Telegram’s Oct. 9 Insight cover by Richard Barringer “Defeat by delay: A tale of clean energy and dirty money,” Maine will receive significant energy, economy and land conservation from NECEC.” We need specifics and details, please, in relation to Massachusetts and other New England power grid energy recipients. Is the […]

I’m inspired to write after reading the Maine Millennial column by Victoria Hugo-Vidal on Sept. 25 (“The Maine Millennial: Kids cannot learn until they feel secure”) about kids needing to feel safe in order to learn and Paul LePage’s efforts to restrict and regulate public schools. It reminds me of the atmosphere in the Maine […]

The present administration and other Democrat leaders are upset with Saudi Arabia for cutting back on oil production. One would think they would be pleased about this because they are proud of having done the very same thing here in the U.S. Richard Williams East Waterboro

A “yes” vote on Question 5 will give power, efficiency and voice to our public school community. Throughout this year’s school budget process, we witnessed how the City Council’s final vote undermined the democratic process by excluding and alienating the community members most affected by the results: the students and families within the Portland public […]

It has started again. Infuriating. Why are extremely loud, pounding rock concerts allowed in the center of a dense residential neighborhood? Maine Craft Distillery has proven to be the worst neighbor to all of Munjoy Hill anywhere near Washington Avenue, insisting on blasting hours of rock music on Sunday, pounding right now, making any calm […]

As former Portland educators and parents of Portland Public Schools students, we value education. We are strongly opposed to granting school fiscal autonomy on Question 5. Current teachers are thanking us for saying what they cannot. The school board already has autonomy to allocate available funds. The City Council is elected to weigh the needs […]

As a former school board chair and a former chief operations officer for Portland Public Schools, I understand why the school board wants autonomy over the school budget (Question 5). That said, the two other charter commissioners with school board experience and I oppose the commission’s proposal to do just that. When I joined the […]