Maine has the highest rate of food insecurity in New England. Almost 167,000 Mainers each year are forced to make a choice between food and other crucial needs, like medicine, electricity or childcare. This Hunger Action Month, food banks and other organizations around the country are spreading the word in hopes of ending the impossible […]
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Open House: An affordable townhome in a perfect location
Open house on Sunday, Sep. 26 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. | 41 Illsley St., Portland | $250,000
Letter to the editor: To prevent abortion, promote chastity, faith
I would like to add to the letter that appeared Sept. 15, “Work together to end the need for abortion” (Page A10). Here are a few more things we need to do: • Promote chastity. If you don’t have sex, you will not get pregnant! Birth control devices are not 100 percent effective. Unfortunately, our […]
Letter to the editor: Texas abortion ban puts unfair burden on women
Victims of sexual assault and women who develop dangerous pregnancy complications shouldn’t have to plead their case to politicians or informants.
Letter to the editor: Coverage offers incomplete picture of Long Creek
Recent media coverage (Sept. 16) depicts Long Creek Youth Development Center as a house of horrors. Left out of the discussion is the fact that, over the past few years, the number of incarcerated youth has been reduced by about 75 percent. Those few who end up at Long Creek have been charged with serious […]
David Treadwell: Reflections on the Blue Angels Airshow – Part II
Here are more thoughts on the Blue Angels Airshow evoked by scores of politically oriented t-shirts and a crowd swathed in American flag garb. One man’s t-shirt had the inscription: “I stand for the flag. I kneel for the cross.” This man obviously had no sympathy for professional athletes who take a knee to protest […]
Commentary: 21 million Americans say Biden is ‘illegitimate’
… and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway nears its finish line after 73 years
Teenagers on up to 80-year-olds cheered and mourned one of the last nights of racing at the ‘Beech.’
Councilor Tae Chong: Portland Public Schools shortchanging Black students, those in poverty
Progressive school leaders have taken funding away from the most vulnerable and failed to focus on the issues of Black and brown youth.