Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, and Sen. Everett “Brownie” Carson, D-Harpswell, are outstanding leaders who have represented Freeport, where I live, well. My focus is on the environment, where they have proved themselves as champions. Gideon sponsored groundbreaking legislation to lessen our dependence on fossil fuel and expand solar power by pulling […]

I am writing to share my support of Alicia Giftos for Scarborough’s Board of Education. I have witnessed firsthand Alicia’s hard work, determination and perseverance in bringing people together during a difficult and divisive time for our community. Alicia will have a meaningful impact and will work with our teachers, our students and our parents […]

On Nov. 6, the voters of Falmouth are being asked to borrow another $500,000 over and above the $2.6 million that is already being borrowed for Falmouth Memorial Library. I will be voting no. Like all residents of Falmouth, I support the library. I am voting no because the library has lost touch with what […]

I recently read the article about the state Senate candidate forum held in Cumberland for the candidates in the District 25 race: Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth, and Republican Cathy Nichols. The district includes Yarmouth, Cumberland, Gray, Falmouth, Chebeague and Long Island, plus part of Westbrook. I believe there was a very misleading sentence related to […]

If you do not want government involved in your bedroom and visits to your doctor’s office, vote for Democrat Janet Mills for governor. She has protected Maine women and couples from government interference in personal decisions about birth control and reproductive choice, and will continue to do so. Her opponent states the opposite. The “pro-life” […]

The Falmouth Memorial Library has been a wonderful resource for my whole family since we moved to Falmouth 16 years ago. I stop into the library multiple times a week, and I see people from every walk of life there. I have used the library throughout my adult life, for recreational and social purposes as […]

I am writing to show my support for Councilor Nick Mavodones, running for re-election as Portland city councilor at-large. I first met Nick when a local issue in my neighborhood sprung up and some neighbors and I sat down and discussed it with him. New to city politics at the time, I clearly remember Nick […]