The oldest and most venerated of all settled laws is the prohibition against the shedding of innocent blood. It is a law older than the Code of Hammurabi, which was written on columns of granite, and older than the Ten Commandments, written on tablets of stone. So old is the law that it is written […]

Orlando E. Delogu (Maine Voices, Aug. 27) suggests – as summed up in the copy editor’s headline and subheadline – that short-term rentals are “the root cause of Portland’s housing dilemma,” “antithetical to the long-term interests of the city” and “unfair to residential homeowners.” Unfortunately, he’s painting a picture of all short-term rentals with the […]

Last year Sen. Susan Collins was right to vote against the confirmation of Scott Pruitt to the position of administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, citing his opposition to numerous environmental protections that the state of Maine relies on for livelihood, conservation and public health. Now Collins has another opportunity to protect our environment by […]