A 1919 law banned the use of French in the state’s public schools. We can connect the dots from there.
2025
Posted inLetters
Green crab legislation is a win-win for Maine | Letter
A bill to create a green crab only license for wholesale dealers promises environmental and economic benefits.
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Posted inDo This
This week’s best bets: Sea Dogs and real dogs, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and singer Mary Fahl
Also, EqualityMaine’s 40th anniversary gala is on Saturday and Maine Wildlife Park in Gray opens for the season.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
‘The Arboretum Cycle’ is an experimental meditation, captured on film
The filmmaker’s exacting requirements for screening the seven-film series are almost as intriguing as the work itself.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s busiest shelter is losing millions in state funding
After months of clashing over General Assistance reimbursements to local emergency shelters, DHHS adopts a new rule that will slash Portland’s rate nearly in half.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Trump’s attack on public lands is an attack on public health | Opinion
Spending time in nature is one of the best things you can do. Try telling that to the Trump administration.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Some parents and teachers want Portland schools to be phone-free. The district just took the first step.
A school board committee advanced a policy Tuesday that would have schools collect student phones at the start of the day and return them at the end.
Posted inLetters
Outraged by cuts to the Maine State Library | Letter
I am morally outraged at the DOGE-fueled cuts to the Maine State Library, which have forced the layoff of 13 librarians. These librarians perform useful services to Mainers, including people with vision impairments and rural library patrons. Librarians are not overpaid, and their jobs help job seekers, English language learners, business people, students — the […]
Posted inDo This, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
Feeling angry? A new rage room in Topsham is ready for you
The Wreck Room provides the bats and breakable objects. You bring the bitterness.
Posted inLetters
America is looking up to Hungary’s oligarchical government | Letter
I believe Victor Orban, the oligarchical, autocratic leader of Hungary, has had a large hand in orchestrating our administration. It is Orban’s “playbook” that the conservatives followed in their Project 2025. Orban was a speaker at several CPACs going back to 2016. Orban visited our current president several times at his home before this past […]