We had to do virtual school with our son in third grade while our son in sixth grade attends hybrid middle school. While middle school is going fine, elementary school is not. From the day school started, which was one week later than hybrid students at the same school, the district has been failing our […]

I am a Republican. I always vote for Republican candidates, because I believe the Republican Party has the best understanding of how the American economy works and of how to make America and all of her citizens prosper. But Donald Trump lost the election for president in 2020. Joe Biden won. Fair and square. Anyone […]

Re: pardons: While 2 million sad souls rot in our jails and prisons, one in five of them for committing nonviolent drug offenses, our thuggish president puts convicted killers, corrupt politicians and other dangerous predators back on our streets. Shame and disgust come to mind. Michael Petit Portland

Thank you for publishing the Dec. 26 article “Bobby Lipps, fixture of Munjoy Hill, remembered as friendly, helpful neighbor.” It is always pleasant to read or hear of a community that embraces the contribution of a unique individual with a developmental disability. I am sure Bobby valued the services he so dutifully performed. My family […]

First, I wish to thank all medical workers, first responders, front-line workers and any who are leading with critical thinking in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. It is more important than ever to be mindful of the science and be flexible as the scientific information on COVID continues to inform us. Thank you all who […]

Who is Josh Hawley? Josh Hawley is a first-term senator from the state of Missouri. Mr. Hawley has announced his intention to object to the certification of the Electoral College results come the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. Sen. Hawley attended Harvard and is a former clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. […]

It is time for Maine to join the 16 states that have signed on to an agreement to choose presidential electors from the party that wins the national popular vote. If enough states sign on and make the collective total of electors 270 or more, then the president will be elected by popular vote. Until […]

Sixty-four seems a pretty insignificant number. And yet it struck me mightily when the Press Herald reported that was the number of homeless people who died in Portland in 2020. What the devil is wrong with us? It can’t be that we are unaware of tragedy, that we are unmoved by such a happening among […]