The president-elect had planned to take a public, victory train trip into Washington for his inauguration. Instead, his protectors had him travel securely and unseen. Sound like Joe Biden this week? It was, but it was exactly the same scenario for Abraham Lincoln in 1861. The parallel goes even further. Both times, massive military protection […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: 5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the rural-urban divide
It’s no secret that rural and urban people have grown apart culturally and economically in recent years. A quick glance at the media – especially social media – confirms an ideological gap has also widened. City folks have long been detached from rural conditions. Even in the 1700s, urbanites labeled rural people as backward or […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Portland City Council takes public business behind closed doors
Elected officials can meet in private only when they have a good reason. None is offered for an executive session on needle-exchange rules.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Giving Voice: Hunger prevention program looks back at 2020
It was truly a year like no other, and the trends we began to see in the last quarter of 2020 are sure to continue throughout the beginning of 2021. COVID-19 highlighted what we do well, but also quickly exposed our organizational weaknesses. Throughout the year we have used the unique challenges that resulted from […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Students earn honors, graduate from colleges, universities
Local students named to the dean’s list of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, include: Elliot Dumais and Nicholas Fiorillo, both of Scarborough; and Garrett Higgins of Gorham. Matthew Henderson of Scarborough and Courtney Cushing of Gorham were named to the fall dean’s list at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts. Bridget Brett and Sam […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Look to history for suitable penalty for ex-president
If Donald Trump is charged with and convicted of a serious crime, which is allowed under the Constitution after the impeachment trial is concluded one way or another, how about banishment, a legal punishment? England used it often (it was known as “transportation”), and Napoleon was banished/exiled twice. The devil is in the details, of […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Letters editor fails to correct misstatement of fact
I think the Portland Press Herald should be ashamed of publishing letters that state something as fact, when any well-informed editor knows it is not (“Trump backer accepts Biden, ponders future,” by Ralph Wallace, Jan. 19, Page A10). To state as fact that the Democrats will now control all three branches of government is absolutely, […]
Posted inFeatured Property, Real Estate
Take a nature walk in Scarborough
The Scarborough Land Trust keeps our lands healthy and accessible to everyone.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Will Maine’s senators let my mom vote?
Mainers can help bring democracy to our nation’s capital at long last. We must encourage Sens. King and Collins to sign on as co-sponsors of the D.C. statehood bill.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: 48 years after Roe, we’ll keep working for reproductive freedom
Planned Parenthood will strive to defeat attempts in the Maine Legislature to take away care or shame abortion patients.