2021 – Page 2671 – The Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: Civic-minded 16-year-olds have earned right to vote

March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

High schoolers who follow the news and regularly discuss politics are as equipped to cast a ballot as Mainers 18 and over are.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Dark side of Land for Maine’s Future bond – hunting, fishing and trapping mandate

by Don Loprieno Special to the Press Herald March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

Conserving land with taxpayer funds shouldn’t require giving up local control and letting the state set the terms.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Urge your legislator to advance intercity Maine rail

March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

I would like to ask you a very important question: Would you like to see a transportation system in Maine that would provide a clean, affordable, sustainable, less noisy and less congested environment? If yes (and why not?), please read Paul Weiss’ timely March 16 Maine Voices column (“Intercity passenger rail could solve many of […]

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: The U.S. military must get serious about domestic extremism

by Bloomberg Opinion March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

Identifying potential threats in the ranks is critical to national security.

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Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: I am home – but I still don’t feel safe here

by Courtney McCracken Special to the Press Herald March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

Amid increasing anti-Asian racism, a half-Chinese Portland resident wonders where she can go to fit in.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Hazard-pay column unfair to thoughtful, hardworking boss

March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

Re: “Maine Voices: Essential workers have earned the hazard pay Portland voters approved” (March 10), by Caleb Horton: Mr. Horton mentioned Steve DiMillo is against hazard pay, but what Mr. Horton did not tell the readers is that Steve acknowledges and abides by the referendum: fact, not fiction. I have worked for Steve for 17 years. […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Union will disrupt integrity of nursing at MMC

March 20, 2021March 19, 2021

I applaud Norine Seymour, R.N., for voicing her opinion (Maine Voices, March 8) on how a union can disrupt the integrity of nursing at Maine Medical Center. I too am a proud nurse of many years at MMC, serving the cancer community. The patients and families I have met over the years are our family […]