Columnist Bill Nemitz’s apology (Oct. 15) to Portland Charter Commission member Shay Stewart-Bouley for spreading defamatory rumors was heartfelt and appropriate. His analogy to a clueless speeding ticket was almost there. More apt would be that he drove through the crosswalk and didn’t see a Black woman stepping into the road. And, it turns out, […]

To be honest, I was torn on the Central Maine Power corridor, seeing benefits and problems on both sides of the issue. But then I was bombarded with the pro-CMP project advertisements on television and the numerous lawn signs urging that I vote “no” against retroactivity. There is no reference whatsoever about what a referendum […]

These times are both sad and scary. We have a minority portion of Congress who choose to maintain their position of comfort, ease and status over the job they were voted into: being the voice of their constituents. They fear the loss of their position if they fail to please former President Donald Trump. They […]

The tens of millions of dollars spent by the opposing sides in the Central Maine Power energy corridor referendum (“Energy companies keep pouring millions into battle over power line corridor,” Oct. 5) are a textbook example of the toxic influence of unrestrained corporate spending on our elections. Ideally, the voters of Maine would debate this […]

Re: “With new owners, ‘Big Indian’ statue to remain in Freeport, for now” (Oct. 8, Page C2): Twice a day I drive past the “Big Indian” statue on Route 1 in Freeport. It might interest the new owner, Eric Dube, to know that I’ve used these moments as conversation starters with my children, and that […]

Oct. 17-23 is National Friends of Libraries Week and a good time to show appreciation for your library’s Friends group. Our libraries are better because of all they do, which, in turn, enriches our communities. Each group is tailored to best serve its library, but in Scarborough, among other contributions, the Friends of the Scarborough […]

I once saw a quote, “Jail should be for the people we’re scared of, not the people we’re mad at.” How many people in the Cumberland County Jail are we truly afraid of? And how many are people we only are mad at? Stephen Wellcome Brunswick

There are so many op-eds in and letters to the paper talking about the amount of plastic in our world and the damage it is doing. There are even no more free plastic bags at the grocery. I have been wondering, over the past several days, why the Press Herald continues to deliver the daily […]