Ocean Avenue Elementary School may someday be as loved as the one it replaced.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: Governor’s races should stay in Clean Elections
If opponents want to make more than minor improvements, they should go to the voters.
Our View: Tax on out-of-state planes sends bad message to tourists
Driving away wealthy visitors is not going to bring more revenue to state coffers.
Our View: Don’t get complacent on juvenile corrections
It wasn’t so long ago when Maine’s youth services were a source of shame for the state.
Our View: Selling stock lifted doubts about Corrections nominee
Mainers shouldn’t have to question whose interests state officials have in mind.
Our View: Gov. LePage is rightto change reform package strategy
If you try to do too much at once, sometimes you end up getting nothing done. If that’s the lesson that the LePage administration learned from its initial foray into regulatory reform, we are encouraged. This looks like a nimble midcourse correction that trades a headlong process for a more deliberative one.
Gov. LePage began his term with a series of meetings sponsored by the state Chamber of Commerce dubbed “Red Tape Audits” that were billed as a chance for people to identify the most onerous rules and regulations that interfered with their ability to do business.
Our View: Fishing boat gas taxshould be scrapped
Charging fishermen a tax on diesel that is not charged in Massachusetts forces boats to leave.
Our View: Federal grant leading to exciting changes at Riverton
A school that performed poorly on tests is becoming a model for the whole district.
Our View: Public will not miss Portland public art piece
What was supposed to enhance a neighborhood just made the neighbors mad.
Our View: State should stop resisting charter schools
Maine has not benefited from its stubborn stance against this school reform measure.