After reading last Sunday’s Associated Press story (“Analysis: States spent over $7 billion competing for early virus supplies,” Dec. 20), this writer had to take a deep breath and let the anger recede. As COVID-19 became a very real pandemic, the states were saddled with trying to figure out how to manage it, and among […]

I challenge Portland Press Herald readers not to judge the rise of the plant-protein sector by the supposed fall of the animal-protein sector. I found Avery Yale Kamila’s Dec. 20 Vegan Kitchen column “Is meat-eating around the world trending down?” to be presumptuous. The world’s problems (disease, climate change, etc.) cannot simply be solved by […]

I have a question in response to Staff Writer Deirdre Fleming’s article on last Sunday’s Outdoors page headlined “Yarmouth man to attempt Triple Crown of hiking – all in one year” (Dec. 20). Why is this newsworthy? To me, this article reads as a full-on demonstration of privilege. Two guys on break from elite college […]

We just finished our first week of skiing at the now reopened and revitalized Saddleback ski resort. The new owners and team at Saddleback have done an amazing job, especially given the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last five years of closure I have interacted with hundreds of individuals who, in some […]

Greg Kesich (Dec. 20) is quite right to point out how important it is that our public and our elected officials pay attention to science (“The View From Here: Vaccination needs to win over skeptics”) as we face the COVID pandemic. We absolutely need to roll up our sleeves and do this. It’s also worth […]

Dec. 19 was a very special day in Biddeford. Over 3,000 wreaths were placed on gravesites all over the city by volunteers who paid their respects to the veterans buried there. The support of the community in general made for a “feel good” day to wrap up a year that was anything but. I want […]