Every Portland voter now has the opportunity to vote for April Fournier for the at-large seat on the City Council, and I hope they will join me in doing so. April is the kind of person I want representing me: She’s hardworking, smart, energetic, compassionate and collaborative. She’s got a wealth of professional and personal […]

In the novel “A Man Called Ove,” the narrator observes: “It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time.” Many people, in 2016, voted for Donald Trump to be president. Now, those who voted for him, and those who may be inclined to vote […]

Democrat Stacy Brenner is the whole package. We met more than a decade ago as we tried to solve a tricky fundraising problem for our children’s school. It was there that I first witnessed the compassionate and fiercely creative energy with which Stacy is able to tackle complicated problems. Her background in farming and women’s […]

I support Democrat Anne Carney for Maine Senate in District 29. As a representative, she sponsored bills that made health care more available for children and provided workplace accommodations for veterans and expectant mothers. Both passed with bipartisan support. Thanks to her, we have a law to eliminate foam food containers and another requiring terminal […]

As a lifelong Mainer, 20-year educator and patient of Republican Sara Rivard, I will be voting for her for District 30 state senator. Rivard, a doctor of chiropractic, has devoted her career to helping Mainers improve their health, and she looks at the whole person when considering wellness. I know that when she’s in Augusta […]

Democrat Sara Gideon hit the nail on the head in the Sept. 28 debate. She called for national leadership to fight the coronavirus. Where is U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ leadership? She has focused on economic Band-Aids. A Band-Aid doesn’t solve the problem. The economy depends on us. As long as we are afraid to go […]

I’m a local owner of a historic house in downtown Portland, and rent a portion of it to visitors, using Airbnb to help support my family, building repairs and Maine’s economy (which is heavily dependent on tourism). The Portland City Council adopted strict regulations on short-term rentals in 2018, and Question E on the Nov. […]

Our Sen. Susan Collins is now a major target of the national Democratic Party, trying very hard to deprive the people of Maine of her continuous record of accomplishments, solely with an eye toward achieving a Democrat majority in the U.S. Senate. To them, she is merely another Republican in their way, ignoring her experience […]