As a former certified teacher, I never thought I would live to see the day that politics could be allowed to overrule science, as is being done with such abandonment now. Why not extend the school summer vacation for another three months? I know it creates extra problems for parents, but in the interest of […]

My husband and I want to send a big shout out to our governor, Janet Mills, who we think is doing a fantastic job. We’re grateful that we live in Maine, especially right now during this pandemic. Gov. Mills, unlike several other governors, isn’t relying on the current president’s repeated suggestion that COVID-19 “will just […]

In her letter supporting Susan Collins, Jill Malony asks what we really want from our senators. Here’s a short list: • Someone to call for a coordinated federal response to a pandemic that continues to spiral out of control. • Someone who supports the Affordable Care Act at every opportunity instead of voting to undermine […]

Sara Gideon will not be an independent voice for the people of Maine. If elected she will have no seniority and will have to do the bidding of the Democratic (an oxymoron) leadership. We can be sure, if elected, Sara will forget about Maine and will vote how she is told. Susan Collins is obviously […]

I see a lot of mistakes in the Press Herald, but the one from the caption under the photo on the Aug. 5 front page is a dilly. It mentions how “the remnants of Hurricane Isaias bared down Tuesday.” The past tense of “bear” (and that’s not even spelled right) isn’t “bared,” it’s “bore.” Doesn’t […]

The three Minneapolis police officers who said and did nothing while officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck and killed him have themselves been rightly indicted for aiding and abetting a murder. What, then, should we do with Republican members of Congress, who for 3½ years have said and done nothing while […]

Who doesn’t like a surprise? But not a surprise ER bill. The good news? As of March 18, Maine consumers are protected from surprise emergency medical bills! In an amazingly quick response to the desperate issue, on Feb. 13, L.D. 2105, An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Emergency Medical Bills, was presented in the […]

I was shocked and dismayed to read Staff Writer Deirdre Fleming’s article “ATV sales riding high as Mainers long to get outdoors” (July 26, Page A1). If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, the one sure lesson is that the scaling back of human activity has lowered pollution levels. All-terrain vehicles are not good […]