In November I’m voting for Yarmouth independent Dennis Welsh in House District 47. In the nearly 20 years that I’ve known Dennis, we have worked together, traveled together, volunteered together, and compared notes on raising our kids. He is kind, thoughtful, and dedicated to making our community stronger. Those qualities alone would make Dennis a […]

I am the owner of Haven’s Candies. We have been in business for over 100 years and are committed to making our business successful for many years ahead. To do this, we need legislators who actually care about business. We need legislators like Sen. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough. Volk has fought for important issues that will […]

I encourage my friends and neighbors in North Yarmouth to join me in re-electing state Sen. Brownie Carson, D-Brunswick, in Senate District 24 this fall. Carson is completing his first term in the Senate, and he has built strong relationships with other legislators to get legislation passed and implemented. He brought a strong environmental background […]

Sen. Everett “Brownie” Carson, D-Brunswick, has had an admirable record of accomplishment for a first-term senator. He was the lead sponsor of a bill to update and strengthen Maine’s mining laws that was enacted over the governor’s veto. He serves on a health care task force charged with developing a new plan to cover Maine […]

While our restaurant scene makes national news, the turnaround at the University of Southern Maine is also reason for the region’s rising reputation. It’s also why I invested on Deering Avenue, where this month Domaine Real Estate will open its offices next to the university’s increasingly vibrant Portland campus. USM has a unique ability to […]

I’m writing in support of Cathy Nichols, Republican candidate for Senate District 25, which includes Falmouth, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Gray, part of Westbrook, Long and Chebeague Islands. Cathy is an active member of our community, including serving on Falmouth’s Recycling and Energy Advisory Team and is a volunteer firefighter with the Falmouth Fire and EMS departments. […]

As a family physician, I support Janet Mills for our next governor. She strongly advocates for Medicaid expansion and increased access to health care for all Mainers. The expansion would cover over 70,000 Mainers, most of whom work. According to studies by Harvard Medical School and City University of New York, over 150 Mainers will […]

This letter is for all the under-30-year-olds out there. The coming election is probably one of the most important in years. Depending upon which way it goes, major changes will be made on everything from education to reproductive rights to the economy and health care. Sadly, if past performance holds, 70 percent of you will […]

In the weeks leading up to the School Board recall last winter, the Scarborough School Department was spiraling. Despite push-back from teachers and the community over proficiency-based education, start times, and Principal David Creech’s resignation, the board did nothing. But Alicia Giftos, Amy Glidden, April Sither, and Paul Johnson did something. They initiated the recall […]

April Caricchio is running for the South Portland City Council District 4 seat since Linda Cohen has chosen not to run again. I feel that April has the progressive insights, commitment to our community, and professional and organizational skills to be an extremely effective and nonpartisan member of our City Council. We need new councilors […]