As a retired social worker, I have spent a good part of my life attending to the mental and physical health and well-being of fellow Maine residents. Those on the frontline during today’s health pandemic deserve our praise and admiration. But with the news of hospitals furloughing workers and folks losing insurance due to unemployment […]

In response to those who do not want to wear a mask or see it as governmental overreach: I get it. Masks make you nervous. Unfortunately, we live in a time where caring about others has become unfashionable. So, please understand that when you see me wearing a mask that I do it to protect […]

Associated Press reports in the Thursday Portland Press Herald (“Trump says  he won’t extend social distancing guidelines,” Page A4) that President Trump is ready to start holding massive rallies “in the not-too-distant future,” with people sitting next to each other, presumably without face masks, because abiding by social distancing guidelines “wouldn’t look too good.” It […]

I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Gov. Mills for their leadership and compassion during this crisis. While we Mainers have only our personal concerns to deal with, they must make decisions to keep all of us safe, every day. […]

After the sad news of the poultry processing plant workers testing positive for COVID, maybe Gov. Mills better rethink opening Maine too soon. The numbers are starting to go up. Those of us on Social Security need Gov. Mills to contact Sen. Susan Collins, and the president needs to get a CARES Act going for […]

As a co-founder of Opera Maine, I worked closely with the late Ellen Chickering for years and can be forgiven for shedding a tear while reading Staff Writer Bob Keyes’ warm retelling of her many accomplishments (Passages, April 26, Page B7). The feature obituary also included a brief mention of Ellen’s involvement with Opera Maine’s […]

Rarely have I seen an op-ed or letter more lacking in logic than the op-ed from David Trahan regarding gun shops being open as essential businesses (April 17). He wrote that there has been a policy to push rural people into population centers. I have lived in Maine for 33 years and have not witnessed […]

Reading the writing about gun stores being open or closed, I realize the important point is not being made. It has nothing to do with the Second Amendment in particular but about our rights. Before the government curtails any of our rights, there must be a good reason for doing so. In other words, what […]