News reports and photographs of Kurdish citizens hurling rotten fruit, vegetables and insults at retreating U.S. troops highlight the moral and ethical bankruptcy of the Trump administration, which abandons our allies and curries favor with our enemies. Shame. Shame. Shame. Larry Kaplan Cape Elizabeth

This is in response to the article on Steve DiMillo having to escort drunk, disorderly heart surgeons from his family’s restaurant, the extremely belligerent comment directed at Steve by one of the surgeons and the negative Yelp reviews DiMillo’s and other restaurants receive (Oct. 20). My husband and I have dined at DiMillo’s for years […]

I am addressing Benjamin Holmes’ claim made in his letter of Oct. 20 (“Syria pullout defies military-industrial complex”). I do not dispute cautioning against the military-industrial complex. I do dispute his claim that our current president is challenging it. This year’s military budget is slated to be one of the largest ever, which will not […]

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and NBT Bank is educating the community on protecting themselves from an increasing number of phishing attempts. Phishing is the fraudulent use of email to attempt to gather personal information, such as passwords and account numbers. The email may look like it came from a company – like a […]

How should leadership be defined for Portland’s mayor? Should it mean creating chaos and problems for others to resolve (inviting immigrants to Portland without coordination, planning or housing)? Instituting a polarizing me-against-you dynamic of “I’m fighting for” instead of “I’m working with”? Or ginning up emotions for personal advantage? Leadership, I think, is convincing and […]

I strongly recommend my friend Tae Chong for Portland City Council in District 3. He is committed to the lifelong success of every student in our schools, economic development, advocates for affordable housing and will help develop climate change resilience. He is an active public school parent of two children and a former school board […]

I’m voting for Mayor Ethan Strimling because he’s the only person in the race who advocates for all people in Portland: the young person starting a career who needs to earn a fair wage, the newcomer who needs a safe place to live and the children who deserve a good education in a good school. […]

Re: “Maine Voices: When it comes to helping Type 1 diabetes families, Sen. Collins is resting on her laurels” (Oct. 18): Sen. Susan Collins has worked tirelessly since her first year in the Senate to help Mainers living with diabetes. Prior to Collins, there was no caucus in the Senate focused on diabetes. When she […]