Boutin, Janice M. (Libby) 88, of Sanford, March 2, in Scarborough. Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m., March 9, St. Martha’s …
March 2023
Obituary: Beverly Merchant Sloatman
SOUTH PORTLAND – Beverly Merchant Sloatman, beloved wife, mother and inspired dancer, passed away peacefully in the presence of family at …
Death Notice: Francesca F. (DiMillo) Vumbaca
Vumbaca, Francesca F. (DiMillo) 95, of Portland, Feb. 28. Service 10 a.m., March 10, A.T. Hutchins Funeral Home, Portland. Burial to …
Death Notice: Beverly Merchant Sloatman
Sloatman, Beverly Merchant 93, of South Portland, Jan. 12. Service 1 p.m., April 29, First Parish Church UU, Portland …
Homeless in Maine: Rising number of homeless teens face grim future
Many of them lack a stable, supportive family, and end up creating their own ‘family’ on the street with other homeless youths.
Letter to the editor: Carbon fee and dividend fits federal climate policy
Peter Monro’s Feb. 26 column provides an important insight: No matter how good Maine’s climate policies and actions are, nationwide emissions dwarf those produced in our state. Therefore, what we need is a federal policy to curb emissions. Monro further notes that the membership of our senators, Angus King and Susan Collins, in the Senate […]
Letter to the editor: Federal focus on climate is correct
I agree with Peter Monro, writing in these pages on Feb. 26, that the best place we Mainers can effect meaningful change on climate policy is at the national level. Monro could have also written that, according to modeling by Rhodium, the Inflation Reduction Act recently passed in Congress is projected to get us only […]
Siobhán Brett: The staying power of comic strips is mystifying
If this column were a speech bubble, it would contain one word: Huh?
Our View: The retirement age should not be raised
Raising the retirement age would remove a lot of financial pressure felt by Congress. For the average American, it would be disastrous.
Letter to the editor: History at odds with Fossel worldview
The U.S. has ‘a history of interventions going back over 100 years, with the annexation of Hawaii in 1898,’ a reader says.