It’s probably best to balance it all out with some ‘Let Me.’
2026
The street band playing Portland protests is loud and easy to love | Column
Anyone can join the Ideal Maine Social Aid and Sanctuary Band, which just had its busiest year yet.
Rep. Golden’s attitude toward ICE is a wishful one | Letter
Maine’s 2nd District congressman supports the agency as long as it ‘remains’ something it is not.
Oppose Maine state moratorium on evictions | Letter
I oppose the increasing pressure on our governor to issue a two-month moratorium on evictions. I bought my three-unit 25 years ago, using the New Neighbors program, and have been putting at least $20,000 back into the property every year for a long time. So it’s much more of a forced savings program for me. […]
‘Antiques Roadshow’ to air first Maine episode on Monday
The popular PBS show held its first appraisal event in Maine last summer at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay.
Investigate taxpayer fraud and restore transparency | Letter
Recent investigations into the Department of Homeland Security and the companies entrusted with our hard-earned taxpayer dollars reveal a troubling — and potentially systemic — pattern of Medicare overbilling. The full scope remains unknown, but let’s be clear: even one improperly taken dollar is one too many. These funds are meant for our most vulnerable […]
Maine leaders pitch solutions to enhance grid as temperatures drop and electricity prices soar
Natural gas prices spiked to their highest level ever in New England in January, driving up the cost of electricity. Experts said the state should hasten energy project permitting and transmission interconnection to bring electricity prices down long-term.
Trump supporters need to realize they are being conned | Letter
I laughed when I read the Jan. 18 letter to the editor asking people to “give the Trumpadministration its due.” Mr. Grant’s talking points illustrate the real power behind autocrats like Donald Trump: it isn’t Trump’s selfishness that’s the problem. It’s that millions of supporters believe his lies in the face of overwhelming evidence to […]
Hermon woman charged with manslaughter, OUI in fatal Topsham crash
The crash near the Merrymeeting Bridge on Oct. 4 resulted in the death of the woman’s 23-year-old passenger.
Whether in the kitchen or on the ice, US Olympic bobsledder Frank Del Duca is cooking
The two-time Olympian is also a sergeant in the US Army and part of its World Class Athlete Program — which provides athletes with some of the financial backing they need to compete.