Storefront story walk The new story stroll at the Raymond Shopping Center is ready for families to enjoy. This winter’s storefront story walk for kids features “A Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats. The story starts at the Maine Dance Center and continues along the store windows all the way down to the final pages […]
2021
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Letter to the editor: Pay hike, hazard bonus are hurting low-wage Portland workers
The increase in Portland’s minimum wage, combined with the hazard pay, is having the expected effect, at least by those who understand economics. Yes, some employees at the low end of the pay scale are making more, with $18 now being the minimum hourly pay. However, there are fewer workers because staff are being laid […]
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Letter to the editor: Time for Collins to reflect on impeachment vote
I wonder if Sen. Susan Collins still believes that President Trump learned “a pretty big lesson” from being impeached. Richard Lations Portland
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Federal judge orders Portland pandemic supply company to return customer’s deposit
Portland-based Noble Partners was accused of keeping a Florida company’s $108,000 deposit after failing to fulfill an order for medical supplies in May.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: McConnell is reaping what he sowed
He and his party lose control of the Senate after they spend years enabling an anti-democratic president.
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Letter to the editor: Maine’s old flag can symbolize climate action
On the same day the Press Herald reported that 2020 was Portland’s warmest year on record, the first of perhaps numerous objections to restoring Maine’s old state flag appeared here (“Letter to the editor: Legislature busy without flag bill,” by Richard Palombo, Jan. 5, Page A10). Here’s another way of looking at the flag restoration […]
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Letter to the editor: A landmark day in history, and a sad one
In my lifetime, the saddest day in America was Nov. 22, 1963. Then it was Sept. 11, 2001. Now it’s Jan. 6, 2021. Perhaps this violent tragedy and appalling desecration of our national Capitol might bring our country back together again, as did our past saddest days. Rev. Louis Phillips Windham
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: Trump shifted COVID onto states, but denies their election role
What’s the difference between Maine and Tennessee? A lot. Maine is the third most successful state in combating COVID-19 while Tennessee ranks seventh from the bottom. Maine has two U.S. senators, one Republican and one Independent, who accept the election of Joe Biden as president. Tennessee has two Republican U.S. senators, who signed on to […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Sande’s Picks: Explore local cheeses
During the pandemic I have rediscovered some old food favorites that are worth deeper exploration. Cheese rises to the top among them. Cheese is primarily made from milk and Maine has many excellent, family-run dairy farms. Good milk makes good cheese. Milk from cows, sheep, goats – even water buffalo in Italy and Asia, where […]
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Maine Voices: Shattering of Capitol’s sanctity demonstrates our nation’s fragility
Everyone who truly wants to protect our founding principles must stand up now for unity and justice.