The tragic flooding in Kerr County should also prompt conversations about our own emergency preparedness.
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Readers getting a healthy dose of malarkey | Letter
“Malarkey,” a term popularized by Joe Biden for nonsense or rubbish talk, comes to Portland Press Herald readers in frequent doses. Online comments on letters to the editor are predictably monopolized by the same few trolls who have been wrong on nearly every important national issue for the past 10 years. They’re hopelessly intolerant of […]
Trump plans to hike tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%
Imports from Maine’s largest international trading partner may face steeper taxes next month, the result of the president’s continued frustrations over a trade deficit and fentanyl smuggling.
Laurel Libby stood strong in the face of tyranny | Letter
As a resident of House District 90, here in Auburn, it’s “comforting” to know that the majority party in Augusta has seen fit to restore our collective voices. As we all know, earlier in the session our representative, Laurel Libby, had the audacity to question the legislative leadership’s perspective on social media posts, and was […]
Newly appointed York County Jail lieutenant lauded as a ‘great mentor’ | County Report
Cindy Sanford was promoted to lead the Classifications Department.
Standish unveils comprehensive plan, last updated in 2006
The town’s updated proposal focuses on how to accommodate rapid post-pandemic population growth while also preserving the town’s rural character.
In search of new volunteers, Kennebunkport’s trolley museum plans open house
The July 19 session will provide information about seasonal and year-round opportunities at Seashore Trolley Museum.
We are basically good … but we can be greedy | Letter
I agree with Karen Levine Egee’s July 7 op-ed stating that people are basically good. But we in America have been trained over a long period of time to think that, in order to feel good about ourselves, more is better. We are good people and don’t need more and more to be happy. President […]
Construction begins on Eastern Trail ‘gap’ in Scarborough | In the Know
Construction is officially underway on the long-anticipated Close the Gap project in Scarborough. In partnership with the town of Scarborough, Eastern Trail Alliance and the MaineDOT, the project will add 1.6 miles of off-road trail to the Eastern Trail, connecting the trail segment off Eastern Road to the northern trail segment near the Wainwright Sports […]
Maine’s criminal defense system is facing a nightmare | Opinion
Dozens of outstanding criminal defense lawyers in this state are simply maxed out — and paid at rates that are less than half of what private attorneys charge in other areas of practice.