Mayors of Maine’s largest cities are supporting the key investments within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. This package means taking steps to mitigate and adapt to climate change, expand broadband while making it more affordable and improving transportation and utility infrastructure in our municipalities. This Framework proposes investments that are in line with some of the […]

While Portland continues its unprecedented building boom, much of which is nothing to be proud of from a design and planning perspective, it takes no time to appreciate why the seascapes the past two summers surrounding the city have never been more serene and spectacular. When the improvement is that obvious, it’s a good reason […]

Re: “Maine lawmaker who downplayed pandemic’s risk contracts COVID-19” (July 23): I sympathize a very small bit with Republican lawmaker Chris Johansen and his wife contracting COVID-19. However, he publicly pooh-poohed the vaccines and mask wearing. I suggest that before anyone is admitted to a hospital for treatment, they must show proof of COVID-19 immunization […]

I’m writing in agreement with the recent letter complaining about the use of fire pits in Portland (“Fire pits aren’t very neighborly,” July 22). It baffles me why they are permitted in such a densely populated city with many older wooden structures. This is especially true on the peninsula. In addition to the irritation of […]

Thank you to Gov. Mills, Senate President Troy Jackson and others, including the editorial board of this paper, for supporting L.D. 1712. Now law, it will help more Maine families access affordable, high-quality child care programs. It is a critical investment in Maine people and Maine’s economy. As your July 8 editorial stated, “Child care […]

Imagine my shock when I opened the letter from the city of Portland to find out that the value of my home and property has been adjusted upward by 284 percent. This equates to an estimated new tax increase of $3,046 annually. Having lost my wife and her income last December, I now find myself […]

As discussed in your editorial of July 20 (“Our View: Biden’s gaffe tells truth about Facebook”), the spread of disinformation on social media has become an especially acute problem in the age of COVID and can be deadly when it discourages vaccination. But the regulation of speech on social media is fraught with First Amendment […]