At-large City Council candidate Bree LaCasse’s claim that she led the effort that saved Congress Square Park is false. She did not lead and did not even participate until its second year. It was Frank Turek who led the grass-roots effort by volunteers who worked hundreds of hours to save the park through petitions, public […]

Those seeking a name to replace Columbus Day might consider Immigrants Day, to recall when Europeans started coming to stay. Of course, there would then be questions about whether it should be a day of celebration or simply one of sober recognition. Richard B. Innes Gorham

Regarding the rededication of the beautiful Lincoln Park fountain (Oct. 10): It is important to note that the Portland Public Art Committee contributed over $30,000 toward the fountain restoration. The work, done beautifully by Jonathan Taggart, is part of the Public Art Committee’s responsibility to maintain the pieces of public art in the city’s collection. […]

I live in York County and just opened up a hard-sell packet designed to get me to sign on and vote for Question 1. At first glance it sounded pretty good, but especially in the past few months I have learned to not take anything at face value. So I did a bit of digging […]