COVID-19 thoughts: Make 2020 the year of the 2! No partying! Maybe two people socializing and having a dialogue will form a closer friendship than 20 people packed together. Shut down school sports. Minimize in-person class. Retrain coaches to serve as online or telephone tutors for students having difficulty with distance learning. Schools are academic […]

The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine should have employed some basic 101 research and fact checking before they unanimously voted to remove the name of Clarence Cook Little from a building on the University of Maine campus. Let’s ignore the fact that he went on to help found world-renowned Jackson Labs in […]

Will voting by mail increase fraud and cast doubt on election results? Thankfully, online fact-checking yields numerous assurances from election officials to the contrary. Voter fraud is a felony, extremely rare and swiftly prosecuted. Even by mail, reports are so infrequent as to be “not statistically meaningful,” election experts told NPR reporter Miles Parks. Voting […]

I am writing to ask you to join me in supporting Jon Anderson for a seat on the Scarborough Town Council. It is important to me, as a single senior citizen,  that we elect people who will listen to all Scarborough residents – seniors living on a fixed income, as well as those with growing […]

While serving as a legislator, I worked alongside many nice people, but, frankly, many politicians have such a strong allegiance to their own agenda that the individuals whom they serve are frequently ignored. Dr. Sara Rivard is the Republican candidate for the Maine Senate in District 30 (Gorham, parts of Scarborough and Buxton), and she […]

For over a decade, Justin Costa has served our city as a school committee member and District 4 city councilor. As an immigrant advocate, he met with me and learned about the complex issues many immigrants face integrating into our community. As a city councilor, he helped create the Community Support Fund, securing housing for […]

Republican Stephanie Anderson is the most experienced and qualified candidate that Maine Senate District 29 (South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough) has ever had. Ms. Anderson has nearly 30 years of experience as the Cumberland County district attorney, holding people accountable for their bad choices but, more importantly, creating programs to help them improve themselves. […]

Maine has been known for its independence for decades but may be on the precipice of forgoing it. Republican Susan Collins has been named the most bipartisan senator for the last seven years running. She has been the virtual definition of independence in the Senate, frustrating both parties. No one can provide our state the […]