The recent, excellent article by Staff Writer Kelley Bouchard (“Portland, South Portland plan to fight against climate change,” March 4) made it clear what the future holds for Portland Harbor. Of the two cities, however, South Portland deserves the most credit for attempting to limit the effects of climate change. They have taken on the […]

There can be no denying the need to address the emerging problem of supporting Maine’s and, indeed, the nation’s highways. However, punishing drivers who have made the wise decision to do something about continuing to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is simply perverse. This is the start of the era where financing our highways […]

While no parent relishes the thought of children missing school, the duplicity our kids face is clear, particularly to them. In a nation where the gun law exists as a right to bear arms for matters of self-defense, we’re asking children to attend public spaces at risk for mass murder. Spaces where they will have […]

It seems that when the land in northern Maine changed hands, so did the respect for the wildlife and environment. The diverse native forests and wildlife habitat are being replaced with farms of softwood trees (not a forest). We have proclaimed the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the North Woods as a pristine wilderness and sportsman’s […]

I would very much like to hear columnist Jim Fossel (“No need to curb gun rights in Maine,” March 4) explain how rigorous background checks on gun purchasers curtails their “freedom.” I would, furthermore, love to hear him explain his “right” to own a weapon specifically designed to rapidly slaughter large numbers of human beings. […]

Gov. LePage’s attempt to publicly browbeat long-serving Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Joseph Jabar into early retirement with one of his standard-issue nastygrams threatens the foundation of our democracy. Maine is lucky to have an independent judiciary. Our judges are appointed, not elected. Detached from day-to-day political pressures, they are not required to curry favors, […]

So we thought Shawn Moody would be one of the smarter candidates for governor, but then he came out with this fire extinguishers-versus-guns thing (“Candidate for governor calls fire extinguishers a ‘great deterrent’ to school shooters,” March 6), and we have to reconsider. Maybe he could demonstrate for us how that would work – sprint […]