In the June 14 Maine Sunday Telegram, Keith Vallencourt asked a plaintive question (“As Trump continues to trample on morality, where is the church?”). It’s a question asked from his portion of the church, the self-styled evangelical community. Me? I see the church everywhere, protesting the corruption and greed of Trump and his cohorts; on […]

On June 4, President Trump authorized the spending of $700 million in federal funding to build two new coal-fired power plants and to refurbish (and extend the life of) 12 existing coal-fired plants. He characterized his actions as “historic” and asserted that “… clean, beautiful coal will bring down the price of energy and the […]

Once again, the Maine Sunday Telegram published an excellent article on architecture by Jon Calame, this time on Route 1 (“On its 100th anniversary, Route 1 in Maine is a glimpse of the way Vacationland once was,” June 14).   His word choices and descriptions are delightfully unusual. This is an applause-worthy writer. Chalmers HardenberghFreeport

What was the purpose of publishing the letter “Please be informed before voting,” from Peggy Teslow of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in the June 7 Maine Sunday Telegram? The Democratic Party “wanting to spread hate and divisiveness among the citizens of Maine”?  That is blatantly false. “My prayer for the citizens of Maine is that […]

Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s sweet column on her beloved cat Persephone (June 14) triggered some memories of a cat I once knew and loved when living in a hovel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   I shared a floor with two other women, and we each had our own room. One woman had a cat named Longfellow, and I was extremely […]