There is a suicide epidemic among men of a certain age. This problem is not talked about and goes unrecognized. These suicides are being committed by hardworking people. Good people, who are working themselves to death, and still not getting by. Working two and three jobs, and still not being able to put food on […]

Re: “Conflict imperils innovative composites program at Brunswick campus” (Dec. 20): When you can’t compete on price, you compete on value. That is the narrative I communicate to firms considering expanding into central Maine. Part of that value is the external economies found in this state. External economies represent cost advantages to a firm – […]

Whoa! In “Another View: Editorial overstates impact of oil-by-rail disclosure exemption” (Dec. 20), Mike Shaw has the situation wrong, and your earlier editorial has it right. Indeed, Maine agencies have stopped revealing “where, when or how” crude oil is transported through the state. Mr. Shaw needs to be shown my newsletter, which for two years […]