Friends from Farmington, to Boothbay, to Brunswick and further north, south, east and west have all shared with me their experiences getting their first COVID vaccines. I am overwhelmed at how similar our experiences were in every respect in every region. We were treated like kings and queens. The patience, respect, kindness, professionalism, careful attention […]

AARP Maine agrees with Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich’s Jan. 31 column, “Attitudes about aging are no joke.” In the nation’s oldest state, outdated attitudes that fuel ageism have a negative impact on perceptions of our worth as older adults. To counteract this, in 2016 AARP launched the groundbreaking Disrupt Aging initiative and continues to […]

A developer’s plans for luxury apartments and the sale of a mansion made the paper, but what about the homeless?

The senatorial oath of office is simple and direct: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same … So help me God.” It does not say “I will […]

This paper published an excellent Washington Post article Dec. 30, headlined “2020 took U.S. to punishing new weather extremes” (Page A12). It outlines how extreme weather cost the USA $100 billion in 2020 and how people and meteorologists breathed a sigh of relief at the end of 2020. The reporters’ descriptions of the Atlantic hurricane […]

I want to publicly thank Superintendent Xavier Botana and Portland Public Schools for researching, writing and publishing the public report on the June 2020 allegations. Although it was not easy to read the substance of the report, the report itself was clear. Portland Public Schools and our community now have a mandate to address the […]

I have fought for affordable housing for years, but I did not support the Munjoy Hill Historic District (which would have included my own home) because I did not see sufficient evidence that it would help the cause of affordable housing. Absent that evidence, I could not support it. We all were supposed to take […]

Why, oh why, is Sen. Susan Collins opposing the increased relief for state and local governments contained in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic aid package when the state and every local government in Maine will be experiencing decreased tax revenues this year because of the economic impact of COVID? Richard Kessler Bath