Heather Abbott and Dave Craig are the right choice for Yarmouth Town Council. No level of government impacts our daily lives more than local government. It is essential that town officials are open-minded, careful listeners and thoughtful representatives for all citizens of Yarmouth. Since joining the council, Heather has worked nonstop to learn about every […]

Brian Batson, District 3 candidate for the new Charter Commission, is in a unique position, having served three very effective years on the City Council during the most contentious time of conflict between then-Mayor Ethan Strimling and City Manager Jon Jennings. Brian has no fixed opinion regarding the city power structure but feels that there […]

I urge Portland residents to vote for Charter Commission candidates who will not support a strong mayoral role in our city government. After witnessing the extremism and divisiveness brought to our lives by political elections, I do not want to see Portland fall to special interests and party favoritism that come from expensive elections, nor […]

As the Maine Legislature considers a ban on the legal sale of all flavored tobacco in the state, the good people of Maine deserve to know what is real and what is spin. The real target of the legislation (L.D. 1550) should be egregious vape and e-cigarette flavors like cotton candy, sour melon and Caribbean […]

I have to say something about the Portland Press Herald’s printing Bob Englehart’s syndicated editorial cartoon in Tuesday’s paper (May 11, Page A10). I can’t believe the paper would print something that would make a comparison between terrorists and the Republican Party. I have subscribed to the paper for a very long time, and I […]

Dana Connors’ recent op-ed regarding “resistance to good clean-energy projects” (May 7) certainly contains a core of truth: We are in trouble if the public continues to reject greenhouse gas-reducing energy infrastructure projects. However, for some reason, the president and CEO of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, an educated and informed opinion leader, chose […]

Yarmouth’s zoning ordinance has not been rewritten in 20 years. In the absence of uniform policy, contract zones are being used to rezone existing properties with, per Chapter 701, “the imposition of certain conditions or restrictions not generally imposed on other similarly zoned properties.” This mechanism allows for property owners to apply for rezoning, and […]