The Newport native made waves by committing to the University of Maine, and he’s confident he’s prepared to handle the hype.
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Letter: Full switch to EVs is premature
Experts say benefits would only be realized with a 100% green grid, something that is still a long way off.
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Letter: Maine’s Implied Warranty Law should not fly below radar
Right before Thanksgiving, our refrigerator stopped working. It was making a strange moaning sound about every two minutes, but neither the freezer nor the main compartment was cold. A repair visit confirmed that the condenser needed to be replaced to the tune of $1,200 to $1,400. The refrigerator was just past the one-year warranty detailed […]
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Letter: We need single-payer health insurance now
I was interested to read columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s view of the recent murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson (Dec. 15). She does seem to be speaking for many people in the country who are fed up with insurance companies putting profit above health care. In my view, this angry energy is misdirected. Our health care […]
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Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘Serviceberry’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Opinion: One more challenge Maine’s small businesses don’t need
Onerous data privacy laws would wrongly give larger companies the upper hand.
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The Maine Millennial: Don’t let congressional Grinches take away telehealth
With telemedicine rules set to expire on Dec. 31, there’s no time to lose to preserve coverage for those who need it.
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Letter: Do not fall for arguments against going green
In his recent opinion piece (“You want climate action in Maine? Be my guest,” Nov. 29), Jacob Posik of the climate change-denying Maine Policy Institute (MPI) is, once again, speaking for the oil and gas industry and not for the people of Maine. His claims that Mainers don’t support cutting toxic carbon pollution shows he […]
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Opinion: How the Portland Press Herald changed my life
From finding a home in Maine to getting a job that changed everything, my local paper has been at the center of it all.
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Foster families ask Toy Fund to help children who need a break
Many of those children are among the more than 4,000 who will receive holidays gifts in the coming days because of the donors and volunteers who support the Press Herald Toy Fund.