Every loss of a young person’s life is tragic. It’s particularly tragic when that young person feels so desperate, alone or alienated that they commit suicide to escape the pain. The suicide of Maisie aka Charles Knowles at Long Creek Youth Development Center in October struck our community deeply. Few people feel this loss as […]

With Donald Trump elected president, we can kiss our positive climate change hopes goodbye. If the discussions about climate change had been as fruitful and serious 30 years ago as they are today, we could maybe spare four more years of no real positive action toward greening our planet. But this isn’t 30 years ago, […]

Is it any wonder why we have endless political infighting across party lines, both nationally and within the state of Maine? Let’s take the example of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Roxanne Quimby worked hard, built a company and sold it for oodles of money, which she used to buy 87,563 acres of land. […]

Five hundred thousand dollars to be spent on a recount? The state could much better use that money for the opioid problem. There is an overdose death every day in this state – and we have a few people who think that marijuana is a bad drug? If the people of Maine let $500,000 get […]

In response to “Letter to the editor: Limit on abortion coverage really hurts poor Mainers” (Nov. 11): There is abortion coverage for every woman who wants it – it’s called “birth control.” It can be as simple as taking a pill, and is available free of charge to any woman who cannot afford it. Pamela […]

This letter responds to an article that highlights the city’s continued contradiction of its housing policies by anti-housing actions (“Portland councilor wants to delay Munjoy Hill condo project,” Oct. 11). A proposed moratorium, ostensibly aimed at regulating all properties next to parks in the East End, would, in truth and as overtly acknowledged, single out […]