A recent baggage claim saga can’t be explained by the usual delays and miscommunication, a frequent flyer says.
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: People insist on believing untruths
The naked truth about vaxing, voting and hacking
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Christmas a good time to remember that homelessness is solvable
We have the tools to give people safe, stable housing. We just have to use them.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Pregnant, breastfeeding women should get vaccinated
I am a retired registered nurse and lactation consultant. With the surge in COVID-19 cases, I am surprised that there is not more publicity about the importance of COVID vaccines for pregnant and lactating women. Unvaccinated pregnant women are frequently seriously ill from COVID-19 and at higher risk for delivering premature babies. Vaccinated women pass […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Guest column: Counting my blessings in Brunswick
Contemporary self-help books and internet blogs are full of the word “gratitude” these days. Helpful advisors and happiness gurus ask us to be grateful for what we have rather than dwell on what we do not have. They are right, of course, we should be grateful. But I prefer to fall back on my mother’s […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Elwood Watson: ‘We can’t overstate her influence’: Remembering bell hooks
“I think we can’t overstate her influence.” That’s a statement from Imani Perry, distinguished professor of Black Studies at Princeton University, who deftly and accurately summed up the impact of cultural critic Gloria Jean Watkins, better known to most of the world as bell hooks. hooks, a revolutionary feminist voice, departed this Earth on Dec. […]
Posted inMaine, News
Room at the inn: A South Portland hotel goes all out to help asylum seekers
General Manager Michelle Sandman has transformed the Quality Inn & Suites into a village atmosphere for asylum seekers who have overflowed Portland’s family shelter.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Horses bring holiday cheer to Scarborough seniors
Senior living community residents of Scarborough Terrace, were serenaded with traditional Christmas jingles and songs in a non-traditional way on Dec. 16. A local volunteer group sang Christmas carols to the senior residents upon retired racehorses in full horse regalia, bringing an equestrian flair to the holiday tradition. The ‘Caroling On Horseback’ group had a police […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Grief for our unhoused neighbors will fuel my fight to end homelessness
The winter solstice vigil in Portland is a time to mourn – and to reaffirm a commitment to ensuring that all who need a home find one.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Locked up for the holidays – why youth in Long Creek must be released now
Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.