Re: “Contract dispute causes WMTW to go dark on DirecTV” (Jan. 1): The loss of access to WMTW probably will not cause DirecTV to lose customers, as long as they reach an agreement with Hearst Television in the near future. DirecTV is a less expensive alternative to cable television. It provides subscribers with packages that […]

In light of the recent vandalism of the Ahram Halal Market in Portland, we, an interfaith group of clergy in the Greater Portland community, join our voices to express comfort to and solidarity with Maine’s Muslim community. We include the two signers of this letter, as well as the Rev. Maria Anderson, St. Ansgar Lutheran […]

My three granddaughters are now playing for Regional School Unit 5 teams on fields my three daughters used. There still isn’t a track. We need both. The Tri-Town Track & Field project will cost taxpayers a million dollars, but that cost will be split among the three towns in the RSU to benefit all our […]

Scott Pruitt has spent much of his career challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect public health. In particular, as Oklahoma’s attorney general, he tried to undermine the rule aimed at limiting air pollution blowing across state boundaries. State Sen. Garrett Mason (Maine Voices, Jan. 5) thinks Mr. Pruitt is a good choice to […]

M.D. Harmon’s behavior does not somehow become sanitized simply because he is dead. He made it his business, as a columnist, to spew ignorance and monger fear. The Portland Press Herald allowed it believing he sold copy. It is fitting that as a rabid National Rifle Association cheerleader, he died by his own handgun. Christopher […]