The 2015 changes to zoning, meant to encourage much-needed housing development on Munjoy Hill, are changing the neighborhood in ways that undermine community and destroy the historical legacy embedded in the Hill and its buildings. Too many working-class homes and multi-units with affordable rentals are being torn down and replaced with high-priced condos or single-family […]

As a constituent of the 21st District, I write to endorse Democrat Kelcy McNamara for the Maine House of Representatives in the June 12 primary. I have known Kelcy McNamara for almost 20 years, and in that time, she has proven herself to be driven, community-oriented and civic-minded. Many of us see great need in […]

With record-low unemployment in Maine, many seasonal businesses are struggling to know how to staff for the summer because of the lack of temporary seasonal workers. In past years, the H-2B seasonal temporary worker program has allowed businesses to fill vacant peak-season jobs if local workers were not available. Because of an outdated and arbitrary […]

I have lived in Denmark, a beautiful community, since 1985. At the end of my road, in place since 1963 (by a subdivision plan submitted to Oxford County and approved by the town in 1963), there was a cul-de-sac. My house is the next to the last on Shore Road. Two years ago, a neighbor […]

In the Democratic primary for governor on June 12, I will be voting for Adam Cote. I first met Adam as a young man 25 years ago. It was easy even then to discern in him the virtues that have marked his adult life. He has keen intelligence. He is a great listener. His approach […]