Folks ready to fire up their outdoor grill on Memorial Day face a deadly choice of inflicting food poisoning or cancer on family and friends: food poisoning by E. coli and salmonella bacteria, if they undercook the meat; cancer, if they heat meat to the point of creating cancer-causing compounds. Luckily, a bunch of enterprising […]

I read, with great interest, a recent letter to the “Voice of the People” regarding the difficulty seniors are having with paying their Portland property taxes. I’d like to add my comments. I am 70 years old. I have had a cottage on Peaks Island for the past 30 years. It is very small, but […]

My name is Michael Wood. I reside in Scarborough and will be voting to re-elect Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce in the June 10 Democratic primary election. I ask that you consider Sheriff Joyce as your choice as well. He has over 28 years experience at the sheriff’s office, serving in nearly every capacity including […]

Transportation and other infrastructure investment is key to Maine businesses’ ability to compete internationally in the 21st-century economy. Cathy Breen, Democratic primary candidate in District 25, understands this, making her the right choice on June 10. Deep water ports, railroads, high speed Internet, renewable energy, public/mass transportation, bridges and, yes, roads, are crucial to Maine […]

The April unemployment rate for Maine was 5.7 percent. It was over 8 percent when Gov. LePage took office. The April unemployment rate for New England was 6.1 percent and the national rate was 6.3 percent. It never ceases to amaze me how Democrats are impervious to empirical evidence. Walter Eno Scarborough