On May 6, a letter from a Southport reader said that Portland should regulate panhandling, and that panhandling is a business. According to Merriam-Webster’s, business is “the activity of making, buying or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money.” The Southport reader asks, “. . . would we allow prostitution on the median? […]

The retired couple from Saco can no longer afford property taxes (“Saco might join few Maine towns that let elderly defer taxes, keep homes,” May 5). They’ve got it right: Selling the property and moving to Florida is the right thing to do. Property taxes hurt those who can least afford it. Just look at […]

The residents of Cumberland County have a great opportunity to elect a sheriff in the upcoming June primary and, ultimately, in November who truly defines “leader”: Mike Edes of Cumberland. Any organization’s most valuable assets are its employees. They are the fabric of the organization that allows the mission to be accomplished to the highest […]

Last summer, my girlfriend and I bought our first home and set about making it as tight, energy-efficient and comfortable as we could. Our first major upgrade was to get our hot water burden moved off the oil boiler and onto an efficient electric hot water heater. The plan was to offset this increase in […]