It’s disheartening to see that racism persists in the Boston sports world (“Racist tweets thoroughly condemned,” May 3). When P.K. Subban, a black player for the Montreal Canadiens, scored the winning goal in a playoff game against the Bruins, a torrent of racist abuse erupted via Twitter. The Bruins management said the tweets “do not […]

Re: “Portland Museum of Art director Mark Bessire: An individual with an eye”: Thank you for the great story by Bob Keyes about the extraordinary job Mark Bessire has done for the Portland Museum of Art and Congress Square in just the last five years. He has accomplished during this short period many of the […]

Running any train without a conductor is dangerous. Even a single-car train with only one locomotive must be manned by at least two qualified persons: one certified, qualified and rested conductor and one certified, qualified and rested locomotive engineer. Many non-railroad readers often confuse these two similar, yet different, train crew members. The conductor of […]

To those of us who want good telephone service, here is a sad tale. FairPoint Communications has an office in Portland called the Customer Excellence Center. Staffers purportedly aid and assist in customer service. In my opinion, they are a bad joke on what a real telephone company should be providing. When we as customers […]