I am writing in support of returning Republican Susan Collins to the U.S. Senate. She has been rated the most bipartisan senator in this divided Congress, and we need her voice of reason now more than ever. I am concerned about a piece of campaign mail I received last week, saying Sen. Collins had changed […]

At a recent rally in Wisconsin, President Trump said, “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” I call on Sen. Susan Collins and other leaders of the Republican Party to loudly and publicly refute this claim. I also call on them to contradict President Trump’s frequent assertions […]

In an Aug. 7 letter to the editor (“Despite ad’s claims, Sara Gideon not for Maine”), Rep. Heidi Sampson accused House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon of refusing to work with people and being responsible for the 2017 government shutdown. As a constituent of Rep. Sampson, I would like to remind her that […]

Democrat Joyce “Jay” McCreight, the current state representative for Harpswell, West Bath and northeast Brunswick (District 51), has served Maine well. Most recently, her bill to ensure that schools treat mental and behavioral health absences the same as other health-related absences became law in February. Before that, the Legislature passed her bill to help lobstermen […]

I first heard of Stacy Brenner through her work with the Maine Farmland Trust and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. I have since then learned more about her through her work in the community with local schools and hosting summer camps. When the pandemic hit, she stepped up and returned to nursing to […]

So much of the talk of the reason to vote for Democrat Sara Gideon for U.S. Senate is to not vote to re-elect Sen. Susan Collins. I would like to say, however, that a vote for Sara Gideon is a vote for the good of Maine and for the good of the country. Sara cares […]

I was thinking last Friday evening with the news recaps all over the place – even overseas! – about Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris to be his running mate, what an irony this is. Everyone – here and abroad – is so pleased with the selection of this Black and brown woman as saving […]