Naples residents will vote on the proposal at the annual town meeting April 29.
2021
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What makes high-quality child care, and why is it so important right now?
A central Maine program that models best early education practices has proven outcomes for our youngest children, their families and the workforce.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: State budget delivers much-needed stability to Maine
Partisan rivalry should not be allowed to get in the way of the steady operation of government.
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Dr. Loretta Hallock joins Mercy Hospital as director of women’s health
NEW HIRES Board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Loretta Hallock has joined the women’s health team of Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland as medical director. Prior to joining Mercy Women’s Health, Hallock was an attending physician at Yale Northeast Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology in Shelton, Connecticut. In addition to providing general gynecology services, including […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Could witnesses have stopped fatal attack on beach? Police chief says no.
Witnesses called police as Rhonda Pattelena was beaten in York on Friday, but some people question whether they could have or should have intervened. York’s police chief says, ‘There was no opportunity for anyone to intervene.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘No’ to Munjoy Hill Historic District, ‘yes’ to ReCode revamp
Strengthening the process Portland is using to update its land-use code is a better way to address concerns about housing, equity and sustainability.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Say ‘yes’ to green hydropower and NECEC
For whatever reason, we Mainers say “no” a lot. I urge my fellow Pine Tree State residents to say “yes” to green hydropower and the New England Clean Energy Connect. Hydropower is hardly some new, experimental concept. Maine has a great history with hydropower. In fact, we have the most hydropower of any state east […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Trans athlete ban will send wrong message to Mainers
L.D. 926 wrongly suggests that all young people go through puberty the same way and that everyone of the same sex has equal physical prowess.
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: A nature journal is a great way to chronicle Maine’s unpredictable spring
I am writing this a week or so before April 1, so I cannot predict what the weather will be like, only that it will be unpredictable. As we basked in the sun last week, finding shoots emerging from ground freshly exposed by melting ice, it certainly felt like spring had not just officially begun, […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Viking funerals more respectful than embalming, burial
As a man named Eric, born in Norway (Maine) and a graduate of Oxford Hills High School, I must say that I am all in favor of the Viking funeral movement. I consider myself death-positive and have already planned the rest of my passing: bagpipes playing the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” theme, and a […]