2023 – Page 3033 – The Portland Press Herald

Inside Windham: Jan. 20

by Haley Pal January 20, 2023January 17, 2023

Sock it to them It’s feeling more and more like winter and there are people in our community who need some help in keeping warm. Our local AmeriCorps Seniors program is working hard to do something about it. They are collecting new, warm socks to donate to homeless shelters, soup kitchens and organizations who support […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: We are losing sight of layoffs’ devastating social toll

by Les Leopold Special to the Los Angeles Times January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

The mass layoff has become a routine budgetary strategy. That has very grave consequences for Americans.

Poet Richard Blanco enters the theater with a story about family, finding home, and pastries

by MOLLY ADAMS, SPONSORED BY PORTLAND STAGE January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas, which will debut at Portland Stage this week, is the first play written by poet and memoirist Richard Blanco.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: The snow day tradition should not be lost to Zoom

by Kirstie Wheeler Special to the Press Herald January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

Want to build a snowman? I know I do.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Oversight of classified material must be strengthened

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

The location of such documents must be known at all times, in the interest of national security.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Bishop Deeley should heed late comedian’s advice about public policy

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

Re: “Bishop Deeley calls proposal to allow abortions late in pregnancy ‘beyond troubling’ ” (Jan. 19): If the bishop has so much to say about women (not that a woman may hold that title in his church), then I suggest we remember the late George Carlin’s idea: If churches are so interested in politics and […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Don’t let nuclear weapons be the death of us

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

In July 2017, 122 nations at the United Nations approved a final draft of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Those nations represented most of the world’s people. The treaty stipulated that it would become international law once 50 countries had ratified it. That happened on Jan. 22, 2021. At present, 68 countries […]

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Free repair and replacement are available to Maine consumers; here’s how

by Mary MacLeod Jones Special to the Press Herald January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

A ‘little-known’ Maine state law protects consumers against being sold defective goods within four years of sale. Until recently, I had no idea it existed.