2023 – Page 1025 – The Portland Press Herald

Commentary: COVID’S back. Who’s most likely to get it again?

by Lisa Jarvis Bloomberg Opinion September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

Anyone still dragging their heels on booster shots should reconsider in a few weeks.

Letter to the editor: Nurse anesthetists well prepared to care for Maine’s veterans

September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

In response to Dr. Andrew Egan’s Aug. 26 letter in support of the misguided legislation S. 2070/H.R. 3347, I would like to better inform readers as well as Dr. Egan of who certified registered nurse anesthetists are and what they do. CRNAs are bachelor-prepared registered nurses who work in intensive care units and then go […]

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: We need a hit song on food insecurity, not a hit job on SNAP

by The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

Food stamps – which help 12.5% of Americans – should be low on the list of things to complain about.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Golden stereotypes, insults college-educated Mainers

September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

At a time when Maine is struggling for teachers and health care workers, including physicians, Rep. Jared Golden’s jeremiad (Aug. 18) against college-educated people is wrong on so many levels. In both his tweet on X and his follow-up essay on Substack, he insults college-educated people and overestimates how much income they typically make. Do […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Willard Beach contamination must be put in context

by Shara Dee and Fred Dillon Special to the Press Herald September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

The city of South Portland is diligently following protocols and investigating new means of preserving water quality.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education

A new sculpture winds through College of the Atlantic

by Megan Gray September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

The installation by British artist Andy Goldsworthy comprises 250 curbstones that form a 1,000-foot path from the entrance of the Bar Harbor campus to Frenchman Bay.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Silence is complicity – on (not) teaching Black history in Maine

by Larissa Malone Special to the Press Herald September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

Florida’s extreme measures have drawn national scrutiny, but our own state must do much more to ensure that K-12 instruction is inclusive of Black and Indigenous people.