While attention is currently focused on Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s pick for a Supreme Court justice, neither Congress nor the press appears to have time to notice that the world’s glaciers, including every last glacier in Montana’s Glacier National Park, are melting, and most will be gone by the end of the century. Switzerland’s glaciers […]

So the city of Portland is developing ordinances to keep “pot shops” out of residential neighborhoods (Sept. 10). But homeless shelters and liquor sales (at mom-and-pop stores as well as big-box supermarkets) are OK. Makes you wonder. Irwin Novak Gorham

With all the hubbub last week around Washington, D.C., one thing kept getting through to me: Brett Kavanaugh comes across as a humble, compassionate and fair man. His reaction to the protesters and the insults hurled by Senate Judiciary Committee members are a testament to his character. During each outburst from the crowd behind him, […]

Long before the Maine Office of Tourism began promoting “discover your Maine thing” to Californians, I was doing just that. I’m now a grandmother with close to 50 years of great memories: hiking Acadia National Park; kayaking Beech Hill Pond; frequenting Maine blueberry, antique, craft, clam and lobster festivals; eating at lobster pounds and shacks […]