2021 – Page 3066 – The Portland Press Herald

The senatorial oath of office is simple and direct: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same … So help me God.” It does not say “I will […]

Health, Maine

Confusion, frustration as older Mainers try to navigate vaccination registration maze

by Kevin Miller February 7, 2021February 8, 2021

The lack of a statewide centralized system has led to a hodgepodge, complicating inoculations for many.

Arts & Entertainment

Legacy of the ‘woman behind the New Deal’ will come to life on Newcastle homestead

by Bob Keyes February 7, 2021February 3, 2021

The Frances Perkins Center has purchased the former U.S. labor secretary’s summer home and is turning it into an educational center.

Maine, Schools and Education

USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students

by Rachel Ohm February 7, 2021February 6, 2021

A Scarborough couple’s effort to help a handful of Portland-area students pay for college has grown to an endowed scholarship fund that aims to help 100 Maine students at a time graduate debt-free.

Letters

Letter to the editor: As weather worsens, push for action on carbon cashback

February 7, 2021February 6, 2021

This paper published an excellent Washington Post article Dec. 30, headlined “2020 took U.S. to punishing new weather extremes” (Page A12). It outlines how extreme weather cost the USA $100 billion in 2020 and how people and meteorologists breathed a sigh of relief at the end of 2020. The reporters’ descriptions of the Atlantic hurricane […]