Rebel militias limit access to Malaysia Airlines jet’s crash site

Ukraine officials seek safe passage for investigators deep into the territory that is held by separatist rebels.

Human remains found in Mass. storage

Police say an unlicensed mortician had 12 bodies and cremated remains from more than 40 people.

Little libraries looking for young readers

The Little Free Libraries, which lend on the honor system, were built by Cony senior Dakota Douglas.

Briefcase

Letter to the editor: Maine demonstrates gains from facing climate change

In the business of addressing climate change, The Washington Post says Congress is not managing the risks, dangerously ignoring them at our own peril. “If Congress were the board of a large company, ignoring such a serious risk would give shareholders ample reason to fire every head-in-the-sand director. Voters might want to contemplate the analogy […]

Letter to the editor: House Island history should be kept alive

Regarding the sale of House Island (“Maine island with storied past set for new chapter,” July 9): What a shame if the buyer tears down the remaining buildings on the island, which hold a lot of history pertaining to immigrants to the Northeast. Yes, build vacation homes, but keep the history of the island by […]

Letter to the editor: Series on Passamaquoddy provides important lessons

Your series on the Passamaquoddy is a piece of wonderful writing that brings to light just one of the tragic histories of the First People of the land we immigrants call America (“Unsettled: Triumph and tragedy in Maine’s Indian country”). It should be widely read, especially in the schools, where so little is taught about […]

Letter to the editor: Support sellers of local seafood

My appreciation to the Press Herald for encouraging your readers to consume locally sourced finfish, but your piece (“Try one fish, two fish, redfish and new fish,” Source, June 15) missed mentioning a number of seafood businesses that also source regionally caught seafood from the Gulf of Maine that include direct sales to consumers. I […]

Letter to the editor: Do anti-bullying laws cover sidewalk protests?

I would like to comment on the July 16 letter to the editor “Gantlet of clinic protesters intimidating to patients.” One can hardly pick up a newspaper or turn on a television, a cellphone or a computer without reading an article about bullying. Anti-bullying bills and laws are being passed in our schools and in […]

Upcoming overhaul sparks worry over foster care reimbursement

Advocates for foster parents fret, but the DHHS says there are no plans to lower rates.