It is clear that many police incidents such as Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York; Nicolas Chavez in Houston, and the 13-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome, in Salt Lake City, are the result of police reactions to mental health situations they can’t handle without escalating an encounter to the point of lethal force. We are […]

I am supporting my neighbor in Scarborough, Sophie Warren, for the Maine House of Representatives on Nov. 3. She is running as an independent for Scarborough’s District 29. I have known Sophie since she was a small child. She went to Sunday School at the church that her family and mine attended in Scarborough. Sophie […]

I write children’s books. President Trump didn’t receive my vote in 2016 because I felt he would not be a good role model for my grandchildren – for any children. That fear has proven right, I feel, with its evidence tweeted and exhibited almost daily these past three years. But what really saddens me is […]

As a retired hospital pharmacist, after a long career spanning three hospitals and two states, I have some understanding of infectious disease and its transmission. So, as the events rising from the wedding celebration in Millinocket unfolded, I got it. COVID-19 is acting just the way that the science told us it would. The completely […]

COVID-19 has been a disaster for our country, made worse by our president’s refusal to tell us the truth and to acknowledge the virus as a real threat. Causing illness or death for someone we love, or someone we don’t even know, is excruciatingly painful. We want to believe that our president ran for office […]

I am writing to express my support for Jon Anderson, who is running for Scarborough Town Council. I’ve worked with Jon for several years and have been consistently impressed by his intelligence, hard work, and ability to manage complex projects. These traits, combined with his background in policy, process, and finance, make him an ideal […]

According to Staff Writer Gillian Graham, author of “More Mainers struggle to feed their families as agencies fear worst to come” (Sept. 13), 173,080 people in Maine struggle with hunger, and 47,460 of those people are children. Further, it has recently been reported that the two major 2020 Maine U.S. Senate candidates have collectively spent […]