What was good in the 1960s should be good today.
October 2018
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Anti-Kavanaugh editorial left out important facts supporting nominee
I am responding to the newspaper’s Oct. 5 editorial (Page A6) asking Sen. Susan Collins to vote “no” on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. You failed to reference Kavanaugh’s outstanding 28-year career as both jurist and counsel to President George W. Bush. You assigned credibility to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s assault claim, […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Working families need champion like Linda Sanborn in state Senate
I strongly urge voters in Gorham, Buxton and Scarborough to vote for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Linda Sanborn on Nov. 6. Linda and I served in the Maine House for eight years, working closely together on the state budget committee for four years. Her work as a legislator and on the budget committee was exemplary. […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
San Francisco retailer to open customer service center in Portland
Grove Collaborative, which sells all-natural products on a subscription basis, plans to hire up to 100 consumer ‘guides’ within the first year to assist online shoppers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Kavanaugh coverage exposes cracks in journalism’s foundation
Some editors did not do enough to prevent lowering standards in service to what many journalists clearly regarded as a good cause.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Having insurance no shield from high health care costs
Rising premiums and deductibles are stifling wage growth for the workers who are supposed to be faring well under employer-provided plans.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why baby boomers should vote like their kids
The middle of this century will be theirs to navigate. We can give them a boost.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Reject CMP power line because Hydro-Quebec facilities damage ecosystem
Wintertime discharges from the company’s dam reservoirs are warming the Gulf of Maine, starving its fisheries and may be a key factor in the decline of Arctic sea ice.
Posted inJournal Tribune
St. Andre Home Inc. announces new board members
BIDDEFORD — St. Andre Home, a private, non-profit Catholic organization designed to meet the needs of Maine’s women and children has announced the following new members to its Board of Directors: • Joanne Bean is Executive Director of the Diocesan Bureau of Housing’s Deering Pavilion in Portland. Bean earned her degree in Business Administration from the University […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Andy Young: Overcoming a peculiar curse
On the second-to-last day of last month two people I know observed their half-birthday. Jane, a colleague I very much like, turned 30 and a half on Sept. 30, while Dave, an accomplished fellow who lives a couple of time zones away, became 80.5 years young. Naturally I sent both of them hearty congratulatory notes […]