The Mills administration should err on the side of providing as much information about the location of COVID-19 hot spots to Maine people. Certainly privacy should be protected, but there are ways to provide data that would make its release more accessible and actionable while protecting privacy. For example, releasing information by ZIP code ranges […]

“Man with degenerative illness was among first to end his life under Maine’s new law” (Page A1, May 16): Thanks to you and Staff Writer Eric Russell for your frank and intimate story about Ronald Deprez and his family, who agreed to allow us to witness their father’s graceful and courageous exit. The ritual of […]

Over 110,000 Mainers have lost work because of COVID-19 and filed for unemployment. But losing work involves more than lost pay. Many Maine families, and more than half of Maine’s children, get health coverage through employer-sponsored insurance. As children lose access to health care because of a pandemic, it’s time to rethink how we insure […]

School districts are tasked with creating budgets that are both fiscally responsible and supportive of the learners they educate. We recognize these are challenging times. As such, the Regional School Unit 5 leadership team and Board of Directors worked conscientiously to reduce the fiscal year 2021 budget by $447,010. Among the cuts is a furlough […]

In the past few weeks I have seen an increasing number of news outlets reporting on a new rash-like symptom of COVID-19. Many of these reports detail how these are rare manifestations of the disease but indicate infection nonetheless. An Associated Press article in the Press Herald on May 17 titled “ ‘COVID toes,’ other […]

Because of the governor’s restrictions on nonresidents visiting Maine, and my desire to visit, I came up with a compromise solution: I would procure the COVID-19 test at my cost, no more than 72 hours before I leave, and present proof of a negative test upon arriving at our lodging. I cannot afford to come […]

Although I agree with the premise of the recent commentary (May 16) by Barbara Burt and Marcus Hutchins, supporting a major increase in the federal budget deficit to respond to the pandemic, I take issue with this statement: “Because it makes its own money, the federal government can never go broke.” This statement is the […]