Across the U.S., youth activists are speaking up, preaching and pleading for our world to address the climate crisis. I’m hoping they will do more than protest. Students: When in your school cafeterias, ask if the beef or chicken you are being served was from an industrial farm, and make another choice if this is […]

I live in Ward 4, and I’m writing to endorse William Doyle for Saco’s next mayor. I believe Saco is overdue for a revitalization and that to meet our current challenges, it’s time for change at the top. Saco needs to refocus on the quality of the education we provide our kids, to modernize our […]

People who walk (and run) the sidewalks and streets of downtown Portland were relieved six years ago when Metro buses began operating on compressed natural gas. Before then, we choked behind the exhaust pipes of the city’s diesel buses. Thank you, Portland Metro, but that did not resolve the problem. Today the worst polluting vehicles […]

Last week Sen. Susan Collins joined with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Reps. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., to introduce in (respectively) the U.S. Senate and House a resolution marking Monday, Sept. 23, through Friday, Sept. 27, as National Clean Energy Week. Sen. Collins is right to speak up for the value of […]

Now that the House has initiated a formal impeachment investigation of President Trump, Senate Republicans will come to see their salvation … once they think things through. The majority of them are afraid of opposing Trump only because he will attack them and engineer primary challenges, but they will figure out there’s a silver lining […]

I live in Portland. I’m responding as a black woman leading Poor People’s Campaign Maine to Tom MacMillan’s Sept. 24 op-ed, “Maine Voices: Portland’s city manager system stymies democratic, pro-worker policies.” The Maine Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival stands against racist attacks on our democracy. We demand the removal of city […]

I want to take the chance to inform all of those in Portland City Council District 3 as to who candidate Layla Kargar really is. I worked with Layla when I was editor of Incomer Magazine, a publication that highlights immigrants. When I first met Layla at her office on Forest Avenue, I was just […]

Kate Snyder gets my vote for mayor on Nov. 5. I’ve known Kate for 20 years and believe she has the skills that Portland needs. She is principled without being dogmatic – we need someone who will analyze issues from many perspectives, listening to everyone, not just a few voices. She is independent and not […]

Yarmouth is considering aerial spraying for browntail moths. In May 2018, our neighborhood in Falmouth was sprayed, and millions of dead browntail moth caterpillars covered the ground, thus eliminating the infestation. This past spring, our neighborhood contracted and paid in advance for a similar application. This was partly as a result of dire predictions by […]