Hezbollah said it launched 62 rockets toward an Israeli air surveillance base on Mount Meron and that it scored direct hits.
2024
Supreme Court to decide if U.S. law requires some emergency room abortions
The issue of access to abortion in health emergencies is not the only reproductive rights case to reach the high court this term.
Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor of The New York Times, dies at 86
The Times won several Pulitzers under his watch, and he himself won a Pulitzer in 1996 for his nonfiction book “Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White.” He was the father of the Portland Press Herald’s managing editor, Nita Lelyveld.
Opinion: Adopt these steps to relieve private student loan debt
Private student loans have few of the protections of government-issued loans. That has to change.
Letter: How about providing workforce housing?
Building housing to attract and retain employees is not a new idea. Over 120 years ago, Lever Brothers, in Liverpool, England, built Sunshine Village to house its workers. It is not just in Maine that rents and home prices have skyrocketed, and more companies are finding it harder to recruit and retain middle-income workers. Record-high […]
Letter: Bellows’ decision upholds Constitution
In the Civil War’s aftermath, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed. Section 3 of that amendment prohibits people who have vowed to protect our country but have engaged in insurrection from serving in public office. This is not a suggestion, possibility, or even law. It is a fully fledged, duly enacted, part […]
Opinion: Would Ronald Reagan abandon Ukraine to Russia?
American aid to Ukraine since February 2022 greatly exceeds what the United States provided to the Afghans in the 1980s. But the stakes are much higher as well.
Opinion: A brighter future for Maine children starts with a whole-family approach
Children thrive when their parents have what they need to succeed. Likewise, if kids are doing well, it’s easier for the adults in their lives to make things work.
Obituary: Robert “Bob” Thompson
WESTBROOK – Robert “Bob” Thompson passed away on Dec. 12, 2023 at the age of 85.
Bob was the oldest of …
Obituary: Wayne Alan Infinger
CHATHAM, N.H. – Wayne Alan Infinger, 71, passed away on Jan. 3, 2024.
Wayne was born on Oct. 23, 1952, in Clearwater …