The transition to virtual learning and back to in-class instruction has been a tricky one to navigate for educators in Maine and throughout the country. I applaud them for the wonderful work done during these most challenging times. One thing that is making things more manageable is the new statewide pooled testing program for COVID-19. […]

As a life-long denizen of the Kennebec watershed and a professional fishing guide, I agree with just one thing in Sen. Brad Farrin’s July 12 Maine Voices column (“Dam Removal Would Hurt Maine Economy”). “We must strike a reasonable balance between human activity and its impact on the natural world.” Yes, dam removal will mean […]

David Chipman, who has 25 years experience at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives , was recently nominated to lead the bureau, which has been without a permanent director since 2015. With gun violence steadily ticking up in major cities since then, there’s no one better to lead ATF right now. As […]

Kudos to the Legislature for voting to appropriate $40 million to Land For Maine’s Future. This amount will revive the original goals in the 1970s, when farmland was disappearing at an alarming rate and fishermen were finding their coastal lots too expensive to continue living there. When I was an appointee to the first LMF […]

If you wanted to express your opinion about the Land For Maine’s Future bond (L.D. 1702), slated for this fall, you can’t because it’s not a bond anymore. It’s been added to the state budget (L.D. 221) and approved by the governor. The decision is no longer yours to make. What you have instead is […]

Let us be reminded that the recent challenge of voting rights was initiated by a man who lost a very, free, fair and secure election and a Republican party which refuses to support the results of a democratic process. It is only right that the federal government should have oversight into the way elections are […]

I’m writing to express disappointment in my representative Chris Caiazzo (D-Scarborough) for voting in lock step with Central Maine Power during his first three years in the state Legislature. Rep. Caiazzo has gone out of his way to support CMP’s interest over the interests of his constituents. In 2019, Rep. Caiazzo voted against L.D. 640, […]

When I was growing up in central Maine, in the 1950s, any time we filled the tank in the car with gas, we had to wash the windshield because it was covered with the remains of many moths and insects. As a kid, I delighted in going onto the front lawn and seeing many lightning […]