As many of you know, midterm elections are just around the corner. Less than three months from now, we Mainers will decide who will be our next U.S. senator. As a political activist, I believe in informed voting. I also believe any informed voter would help Zak Ringelstein become Maine’s next senator. Ringelstein, a former […]

Amid his other duties, I was glad to see that our hardworking governor has taken up assisting his constituents with customer service disputes (“LePage accuses Massachusetts of ‘shakedown’ tactics over $26 fee charged to Maine driver,” Aug. 6). I, for one, welcome this shift in focus, and have a few requests. Hannaford recently discontinued the […]

Gov. Paul LePage likes to spend a lot of time out of Maine, doesn’t he? Whether Washington, D.C., Asia or Europe, he’s always doing “the people’s business” from a luxury hotel somewhere far from the people. So I was pleasantly surprised to see him in Augusta and answering questions from a local news reporter with […]

President Trump is getting more desperate by the day with his attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian campaign interference and the president’s own obstruction of justice. Amid the White House’s disinformation campaign, there are a few salient points to remember. Consider both the character of Mueller, and the content of […]

Would you prefer to vote for a candidate for governor who is ready and willing to put the Maine people over partisanship? Independent Terry Hayes is that candidate. Terry is demonstrating her commitment to this principle by running as the only Clean Elections candidate in the race – which means she won’t accept money from […]

I found Robert Marcroft’s Aug. 8 Maine Voices column – with its deep mistrust of “wealthy out-of-state corporate investors” – symptomatic of why it’s so hard to build a strong, healthy economy in Maine. I agree that Opportunity Zones need fixing. And, yes, I’d love a world where small, local, employee-owned businesses could, all by […]