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HUD celebrates sixth anniversary of supporting foster youth | Letter

July 31, 2025

For many foster youth, transitioning from foster care presents a crossroads on the journey to the American dream. In my work as a prosecutor in the juvenile courts and as a homicide detective, I saw firsthand the dire consequences for young men and women who did not receive support after leaving child services. According to […]

Letters

We need to embrace our political differences | Letter

July 31, 2025July 30, 2025

In response to recent letters concerning “alternative viewpoints,” especially “Supply not matching demand for conservative letters?” on July 13, I will begin by stating that I was a longtime Democrat who, in recent years, became independent. The writer stated that seven cops died protecting our Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. As a FactCheck.org article states, […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Thank you, Coach Convery, a class act who changed lives | Opinion

by Shianne Priest July 31, 2025July 30, 2025

I am a better person and teacher because of Ray Convery, the longtime Winthrop High School girls basketball coach who passed away last month.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

The Woody Guthrie tapes you weren’t supposed to hear

by Geoff Edgers Washington Post July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

‘Woody at Home,’ a new CD of some of Woody Guthrie’s last recordings, shows the effect of Huntington’s disease on the singer behind ‘This Land Is Your Land’ and ‘Deportee.’

Letters

Gorham Little Leaguers’ disqualification a true injustice | Letter

July 31, 2025July 30, 2025

That Chad Fitzsimmons, Little League State Tournament director, and other Maine leagues and coaches feel rewarded while cowering behind Little League International East Region’s decision to disqualify the obviously talented baseball players of Gorham is quite mortifying. I agree with Gorham Little Leaguer Chris Shaw’s succinct summation in Steve Craig’s July 24 Portland Press Herald […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Listen to Angus King on Israel | Douglas Rooks

by Douglas Rooks July 31, 2025July 30, 2025

There’s no reason to support a long-time ally now betraying all the rules of civilized government.

Hearts of Pine, Leslie Bridgers, Maine, News

Maine can do more for Canadians than host a soccer game, eh? | Column

by Leslie Bridgers July 31, 2025August 2, 2025

Here are some other symbolic gestures that might help bolster our relationship with our neighbors.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review

In a new biography, a Black writer and intellect gets the consideration he deserves

by Tobias Carroll July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

Bowdoin professor Tess Chakkalakal’s ‘A Matter of Complexion’ gives Charles W. Chesnutt his due and examines his place straddling two distinct literary eras.