Re: “Portland panel discusses ride-share services” (Feb. 19): The article about the Portland City Council wanting to regulate Uber made me realize there is a lot of misinformation about Uber. I have been a regular Uber rider for eight months. I’ve ridden in Ubers in Portland and in other cities around the country. ASAP Taxi […]
February 2015
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Conditions unsafe, especially for disabled, at relocated DHHS offices
My first visit to the new Portland Career Center location left me concerned about the basic safety of customers visiting the building that houses the newly relocated offices of the state Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor. Located on Jetport Boulevard in South Portland, just off busy outer Congress Street, the […]
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Letter to the editor: Local Jewish alliance backs Danish people after attacks
The Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine is shocked and grieved following last weekend’s attacks on the Krystalgade Synagogue and the cultural center in Copenhagen, which left two people dead – including Dan Uzan, a Jewish volunteer security guard – and others injured. We send our deepest condolences to the families of Dan Uzan and […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: To avert humanitarian crisis, resume remittances to Somalia
Administration officials should get funds flowing quickly to needy Somalis again.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New England colleges to get lesson in Sustainability 101
Reaching out to students about ‘responsibly harvested’ seafood will benefit the Gulf of Maine fishery’s long-term health.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: America has not yet learned how to develop good teachers
Japan, on the other hand, has colleagues working closely with each other to critique and improve.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Unlike judge at Obama’s speech, we can’t sleep through what’s coming in the Mideast
We should pay close attention to the words of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he addresses Congress on March 3.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Krauthammer: It’s time to abolish the filibuster and challenge the president
Obama has repeatedly usurped congressional power, most egregiously with an executive amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Cinderella Capers break records, make history
PORTLAND—Cinderella lives. Does she ever. A little over a week after having to go on the road to play a preliminary round game just to reach the tournament, Cape Elizabeth’s girls’ basketball team is one of two teams left standing in Western Class B. Thursday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena, the ninth-ranked Capers once […]
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Greely dominates GNG in stunning semifinal statement
PORTLAND—The Greely girls’ basketball team was a runaway train Thursday afternoon at Cross Insurance Arena. Or perhaps more accurately, a Moira Train. And a whole lot more. The third-ranked Rangers battled No. 2 Gray-New Gloucester in a Western Class B semifinal that everyone expected to be closely contested down to the wire. Instead, it turned […]