I sat in my kitchen a few days ago and watched as the sanitation crew emptied my recycling bin. It was raining hard, and it was cold, with a chilling, howling wind. I thought to myself, “My God, how underrecognized are the services these fine folks provide every day often under the most stifling, severe […]

I was dismayed to read the prominent commentary by Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen in the Dec. 11 edition (Page A11) where the introductory paragraph included a line about “… the now-disproved conspiracy theory that Donald Trump had colluded with Russian intelligence … .” This statement is at best misleading. In August, the U.S. […]

This administration‘s own head of cybersecurity stated that the 2020 election was the most secure in our nation’s history. The attorney general said that the Justice Department did not find evidence of massive voter fraud. The Supreme Court refused to hear cases brought before it to overturn the election results. The Electoral College validated the […]

As it is the practice of our faith to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of all people, we the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth decry the racist vandalism perpetrated on the Littlejohn Causeway in November. We support the Yarmouth High School Black Student Alliance and are prepared to amplify their calls for action and […]

I find the irony almost suffocating. There are politicians in this state and across this land who decried athletes kneeling during the national anthem. Now these same seditious Benedict Arnolds seek to keep President Trump in office by staging a coup in the courts and changing the results of our electoral process in Congress. I […]

Mainers need to support the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project to bring hydroelectric power from northern Quebec to our electric grid in Lewiston. We need more electricity for our communications, internet, heat pumps, industry and electric cars. This is an opportunity we cannot let pass. Over 30 years ago I worked for Central […]

The Maine statehood stamp is an iconic image of our state’s rugged coast. It conjures up fun, exploration and exhilaration. Our family is thankful to live in Maine, where in the summer during the lockdown, we escaped into the wilderness to rejuvenate. We hiked Grafton Notch and Katahdin’s Knife Edge and swam Lower South Branch […]

Re: The report that leadership of the Portland Fire Department refused to enforce the wearing of masks by firefighters in fire stations (Dec. 10): Could the department leadership please explain to me why my tax dollars should be spent covering the overtime pay required because of the short staffing caused by the widespread quarantines of […]

Almost daily we read numbers of COVID cases and numbers on the year and so on. The public and the readers of various newspapers are not being educated. The numbers are never explained to help the public get a grasp of what these COVID case numbers actually mean and any associated information. We are never […]