ICE's actions tear at fabric of our local communities
The plight of a young man detained by ICE for a non-criminal offense helps show why local resistance to ICE continues to grow.
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Another View: India should join the race to net zero
The nation is on track to meet its existing climate commitments, but it needs to do more.
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The humble Farmer: April is the cruelest month if you’re trying to mulch the rhubarb patch
The same people who go on and on about the stuff’s generative properties are understandably mum about how one applies it in a 17 mph wind.
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Our View: Rise in reckless driving another consequence of COVID
The pandemic took a lot of people off the roads, but Maine still had an increase in fatal accidents.
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Letters
Maine senators should support ending or reforming filibuster
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Letters
ICE's presence in Scarborough will keep non-citizen veterans from seeking care
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Letters
Collins' support of H2B visa access works for local business
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Letters
Anti-trans Maine bills don't address real threats to women in sports
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Opinion
Letter to the Editor: We have waited too long for ocean wind
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Letters
Easing poverty also benefits the wealthy
To keep Maine families together, stop treating people who use drugs as criminals
L.D. 967, LR 1817 and L.D. 994 would give more people a path to treatment and throw fewer people in jail.
Commentary: Don’t put Maine’s health care decisions in the hands of a third party
L.D. 675 could cost thousands of Maine patients and their families access to the medications that allow them to live fulfilling lives, says the mother of a chronically ill teen.
A Maine state budget passed on time. You got a problem with that?
Republicans in the Legislature say treating the budget as a non-emergency should not be the 'new normal.' Why not?
The View From Here: With domestic abuse, we are all witnesses
It’s everyone’s responsibility to speak up when they suspect partner violence, no matter how awkward that may be.
The Maine Millennial: Owning up to our addiction to guns
The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem, and we do.
Jim Fossel: Democrats in Augusta give Republicans a political gift
Every legislator who voted for a partisan budget last week will have to defend every line of it in 2022.
Leonard Pitts: Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America
If – if – the white former police officer is convicted, it will be no inspiring affirmation of national values, but the bare minimum common humanity demands.
The humble Farmer: To some of us, a 1999 car is practically brand new
I’ve survived the years when I had to see what it was like to do 100 on a 1938 motorcycle. Now I’m heading for another one of life’s plateaus.
