About a year ago, the Maine Department of Transportation cut down hundreds of trees along the edge of its right of way in Freeport. Among other reasons, they claimed it would improve sight distances. I doubt any driver ever felt that the trees were limiting sight distance. But the removal of the trees eliminated a […]

Cynthia Dill’s July 24 Maine Sunday Telegram commentary characterized “leftists,” among other things, as resentful, unsuccessful, envious people. I assume the “extremists” of the far left to whom Ms. Dill refers are the progressives who supported Bernie Sanders, as they are certainly well left of the Democratic National Committee/Hillary Clinton group that runs the Democratic […]

Bravo to Lincoln Peirce for featuring black kids in the comic strip “Big Nate”! The comics section has been practically all white for far too long. Vicki Adams Kennebunk

Choosing Donald Trump for president would be like letting your 3-year-old drive your car. He wants to try it (think of the control!), and it looks like fun to him, but he hasn’t a clue how it works! Elizabeth Baker Kennebunkport

There are two ways every household in Scarborough can help themselves, their community and the environment: recycling and composting. Our household has done both for 30 years since we lived in Japan, where it is the law. Recycling in Scarborough is extremely easy. The yellow-lidded curbside container is the key ingredient. All recyclable plastics now […]