Over my six years in the Legislature, I have been honored to serve with many smart, creative and highly capable colleagues. Among those, Portland’s own Heather Sanborn has been a real standout. Heather is seeking the Democratic nomination for the District 28 Maine Senate seat (part of Portland and all of Westbrook) being vacated by […]

On behalf of Friends of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, the Rockland Harbor Trail Committee, Trekkers, Georges River Land Trust and ERA Cousens Realty, we want to thank the many volunteers who participated in cleaning up trash on Earth Day. On April 21 and 22, volunteers scoured Rockland’s shoreline and Harbor Trail, Buttermilk Lane […]

Re: “The politics of prayer?” (April 28, Page D1): Despite Speaker Paul Ryan’s denial that the U.S. House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick Conroy, was forced to resign because he was perceived as too partisan, many believe it was the Rev. Conroy’s prayer about the Republican tax cuts, asking that they provide “benefits balanced and shared […]

Re: “Feature obituary: Sandra Featherman, visionary former UNE president, dies at 84” (April 28): Sandra Featherman, president of the University of New England from 1995 through 2006, once told me she liked to spend her nights roaming the internet to determine what programs the university should adopt to most benefit students’ careers as well as […]