Too often we assume guilt and prematurely attack a person or call for punishment that may not be deserved.
May 2018
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Open-door injection sites are not ‘safe’ and encourage opioid abuse
There is no such thing as a “safe-injection site” for drug users (a topic on which Portland officials are gathering information). By definition, these injections are actually extremely unsafe. With the number of heroin and hard-drug deaths spiking around our nation, Maine need not endorse this behavior. We need to use resources to help loosen […]
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Letter to the editor: Tell DEP you want action on limiting greenhouse-gas emissions
In this country, climate change has been making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. Its effects are being seen in the collapse of the Maine shrimp fishery and in historic wildfires that struck much of the western part of the country last year. The federal government is moving backward on this issue, pulling out […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Westbrook bookstore’s co-owners have lots of author policing to do
The co-owners of Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook have taken the action of removing from their shelves books by Junot Diaz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, for allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviors. I plead with the bookstore’s co-owners to please remove books by Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Islesboro selectman: Town doesn’t benefit from MDOT’s increased ferry rate
Higher ticket prices and the higher cost of goods could eventually become unaffordable and force families to leave.
Posted inFood
Still comfort food, but this Southern pea salad has kick
Peppers make it punch well above its weight class.
Posted inFood
Maine chefs pull out all the stops for their moms on Mother’s Day
It’s one of their busiest days of the year, but many chefs still make spoiling mom a priority.
Posted inFood
Maine chefs’ moms tell all for Mother’s Day
Some got breakfast in bed and knew their child would one day rule the kitchen, while others watched their offspring’s interest in the culinary arts slowly rise like a souffle.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Customers want vegan food, and national restaurants are responding
Even burger chains are adding meatless burgers to their menus.
Posted inFood
Belly up to the lobster bar
In Kennebunkport, David’s KPT has been reincarnated as The Boathouse Restaurant, and it’s got one.