A tractor trailer headed north on the Maine Turnpike rolled over in Wells, closing the left lane. The scene was cleared just before noon.
2021
Maine CDC reports 357 new coronavirus cases, 20 more deaths
Eighteen of the 20 deaths occurred over two weeks earlier in January and have now been attributed to COVID-19.
Letter to the editor: Push for tighter rules on challenging election results
The idea that state election officials, judges or members of Congress could decree who won an election would essentially end presidential elections.
Letter to the editor: Time to rethink and reshape federal HHS, CDC capabilities
This gang can’t count straight. In a front-page story Jan. 27, Press Herald Staff Writer Eric Russell reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Lyme disease case counts are likely 10 times greater than advised previously! This is the same CDC that issues annual nationwide flu death counts that keep changing as […]
Letter to the editor: Many older York County residents, too little vaccine
I live in York County, where there are 200,000 people age 75 and over. The only call centers are in Kittery and Sanford. Why couldn’t Maine prepare earlier? Where is the vaccine? We don’t need the money if we are dead! Marcia Deal Kittery
Letter to the editor: Don’t buy CMP’s bogus claims that NECEC will create jobs
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden worked hard to ensure that $200 million was included in the COVID-19 emergency relief package to support Maine loggers, who have been hit hard by the economic downturn associated with the pandemic. This funding is meant to help the industry “get through this difficult period,” Sen. Collins said […]
Another View: The new ‘Buy American’ is bad news for Americans
There are far better ways to promote good jobs and higher living standards.
Commentary: It is the perfect time for putting Maine on the move
It’s time to explore how state and federal government and private investors can join forces to fund commuter rail between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland.
The humble Farmer: Too much money weighing down your pockets? Let’s fix up the house!
Home improvements at my place left the foundation 9 inches higher on the north end.
Maine Voices: Why I’m quitting the Republican Party after more than 40 years
The party’s nearly universal support of Donald Trump is a betrayal of every principle of truth, honor, decency and morality I believe in.