I am a lifelong Maine environmental activist, presently living in Portland’s West End, and I support Charles Skold for the Democratic nomination for District 38 state representative. Charles has a strong commitment to maintaining a clean environment in our state, and I’m sure he will maintain that strong commitment when he is a member of […]

Maine deserves legislators who will fight for us. Unfortunately, Sara Gideon, Maine’s speaker of the House and candidate for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, has repeatedly tried to raise taxes on all Mainers. She supported a gas tax that would have cost drivers $10 more every time we filled up, calling it “one of the […]

I read the headline in the Portland Press Herald that Black residents face disproportionate arrests in Portland and I hope that this can lead to conversations between the city, police, and Black leaders, and protest leaders. I hope the headline doesn’t lead folks to think that all Portland police are biased. Police should not unfairly […]

In response to Rev. McKenna’s letter, (“Maine governor should greet US president with respect” June 15). My father was a career Naval officer, an aviator and decorated veteran of WW II. He commanded the USS Tolovana, AO-64, and delivered the First Airborne Cavalry to Vietnam while commanding the USS Boxer, LPH-4. He taught me an […]

Personally, I don’t like ranked-choice voting and will vote “yes” for its repeal in presidential elections if it gets enough signatures to be on the November ballot. Differences of opinion have often meant that the leading vote-getter may command a plurality and less than a majority, but we’ve managed to get along. My ballot should […]

Challenging times lay ahead: relentless and rampant inequality, systemic institutionalized racism, and warnings of irreversible environmental changes unless we act now. Members of Congress, working with state and local leaders, must ensure that forthcoming decisions and policy proposals will tackle these long-standing issues and “do” right by the American people and the lands on which […]

I am a Black woman and have lived in Portland for 17 years. Throughout my life I’ve experienced racism. We have to find a way to move forward. There are always going to be remnants of the past to remind us of the ugliness and pain. It is those remnants that need to remain so […]

The time has come for new leadership at the Maine Department of Labor. My wife has been furloughed since March 27 and, to date, has received no payments. The department has reviewed her case multiple times and still cannot find a way to make the payments they say she deserves. My wife’s claim has been […]