By not accounting for the increased risk of serious illness and death among individuals with certain medical conditions and racial minorities, Maine officials are perpetuating the inequities laid bare by COVID-19. As a health care program analyst, I don’t disagree with Gov. Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah that age is a risk factor and that […]

Minimum-wage workers are in search of champions. Congress must answer them by increasing our minimum wage to $15 an hour. The argument is that businesses couldn’t survive if they had to pay that much. The truth is we are endlessly innovative. It is absolutely doable. That huge corporations are unwilling to pay a decent wage […]

COVID-19 has changed the way we do just about everything – from getting groceries, to dining out, playing recreational sports, how we teach and care for our kids, among many more. One of the most profound changes has been in the way our medical system functions under increased stress with new costs. Communities are suffering […]

I am in awe and very appreciative of the job Dr. Nirav Shah and Gov. Mills are doing. I am perplexed, though, as to why the previous order of who gets vaccines and when was changed. The arguments used are exactly the same arguments used to deny disabled people from getting appropriate school services or […]

While I agree with the Connect Freeport vision of making Freeport more pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly, I believe the proposed 12-foot-wide paths on the two bridges being rebuilt will actually create a significant safety hazard. Since the paths are proposed on only one side of each bridge, bicyclists heading west on Mallett Drive and east on […]

Gov. Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah have done an admirable job of leadership during this pandemic. Their push for face masks and social distancing, all while balancing needs, has been a hard task and their work is truly commendable. However, they seem to have succumbed to “COVID fatigue.” How else to explain their recent abrupt […]

We acknowledge we are writing from land of the Wabanaki people. In the aftermath of two racial incidents in our town, people have asked, “Is there racism in Yarmouth?” Members of the Black Student Alliance at Yarmouth High School have expressed dismay that little has been said and done to address these incidents. We believe […]