On Saturday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m., during Clam Festival, all friends and admirers of our daughter, Becky Schaffer, who died last year at the age of 23, are invited to a candle-lit dedication of the granite bench inscribed to her and her passionate love of ice hockey. The bench is at the far end […]

I live in Stroudwater. On my way home from work, I take a left off Congress Street onto Waldo Street, utilizing the new left turn lane. I now have to wait longer because there is one steady stream of cars coming towards me. With two lanes, I was able to turn faster. I understand that […]

When news of alleged drinking at a high school party in Falmouth broke a few weeks ago, I wondered whether the Portland newspaper would drag me out of the weeds again to comment. Back in 1999, when my oldest daughter graduated from high school, I was front-page news for a week because I was present […]

Getting off the Los Angeles treadmill and moving to Maine have combined to help me develop a healthier perspective on life and become a better husband and father. I’m grateful for that. An unforeseen side effect of this growth is loss of the will to lord it over my wife, Carol, when she makes some […]

In a recent special advertising section you show a photo of an attractive couple on bikes, but most sadly, in my opinion, without helmets. Helmets prevent injuries and save lives. We all need to do all we can to educate riders to use them. Dr. Richard K. JenningsBrunswick

I totally understand partisan politics. Folks will say anything to make their side look better than the other. We all do it to some degree; I get it. But war on workers? I’ve never understood that one. If that were so, how are all the evil rich Republican businessmen going to run their environment-polluting corporations […]

We are responding to the recent article about a petition being circulated to overturn the fireworks restrictions in Topsham. The proposal is to put a yes-or-no question on the ballot in November to either overturn or keep the current restrictions. If the restrictions are overturned, the sale and use of fireworks would fall under the […]