I am concerned over the indifference displayed by Shaw’s supermarkets of the seriousness of the current pandemic facing all of us and especially toward their customers. While shopping at Shaw’s Mill Creek in South Portland last Saturday morning, I saw that a gentleman in front of me at the checkout counter was not wearing a […]

The crisis of affordable housing in Portland has worsened. Portland needs affordable housing for all levels of income. One of the options to alleviate this dire situation is a proposal before the Portland Economic Development Committee. This proposal, put forth by the Greater Portland Community Land Trust will be the first step in creating affordable […]

Recently a statue of Teddy Roosevelt was scheduled to be removed from the entrance of the American Museum of Natural History. It dawned on me that another president like him might be what this country needs! He was an imperialist and a warmonger. Unknowingly Roosevelt also set the stage for Pearl Harbor by giving Japan […]

Sen. Susan Collins seems to think that she has defeated COVID-19. The economic crisis caused by the pandemic is far from over, and yet Sen. Collins has checked out on vacation without bothering to pass an additional relief bill. The Paycheck Protection Program undoubtedly saved countless jobs here in Maine, but it was not the […]

OK, enough is enough! I am writing this letter to the editor because I am distressed with the yard signs and window and bumper stickers that I have been seeing over the summer in the midcoast. I am a liberal Democrat and suffered through eight years of Paul LePage. I even applied bumper stickers to […]

Urge all direct mail businesses (ads, catalogs, solicitations, etc.) to voluntarily suspend mailings after Oct. 10. This gives three-plus weeks of relief to our U.S. Postal Service. Likewise, urge all political campaigns to cease mailings for three weeks before the Nov. 3 election. These actions alone could greatly reduce pressure on our Postal Service, thus […]

Upon reading the recent bipartisan report on Russian interference, which clearly had nothing new to reveal, Sen. Susan Collins said, “More needs to be done to safeguard American democracy.” Like maybe voting to remove a president instead of hoping he had “learned a … lesson“? I guess the people of Maine will have to take […]

I’m supporting Joe Biden for president because he is compassionate, smart and experienced. He has the ego strength to appoint a diverse group of smart, public service-minded people to his team and Cabinet. Biden won’t stack the courts with partisan automatons recommended by the Federalist Society. He’ll re-staff federal agencies with experts and appoint managers […]